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The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1830 · Made 25 July 1997

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MEDICINES

Made 25th July 1997

Laid before Parliament 28th July 1997

Coming into force 18th August 1997

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland respectively, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred on them by sections 58(1), (4) and (5), 59(1) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968f1 or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions and now vested in themf2, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by this Order, pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 67. Section 58 has been amended by the Prescription by Nurses Etc. Act 1992 (c. 28), section 1. The expression “the appropriate Ministers” is defined in section 1(2) of the Medicines Act 1968.

f2

In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388); in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with Agriculture in Wales by virtue of article 2(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272) and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Appropriate practitioners Repealed
  3. 3Medicinal products on prescription only Repealed
  4. 3APrescribing and administration by nurse independent prescribers Repealed
  5. 3BPrescribing and administration by supplementary prescribers Repealed
  6. 3CExemptions from conditions in respect of the cases or circumstances in which a supplementary prescriber may administer a medicinal product Repealed
  7. 4Duration of special provisions in relation to new medicinal products Repealed
  8. 5Exempt medicinal products
  9. 5AExemption for products consisting of or containing aloxiprin, aspirin or paracetamol Repealed
  10. 5BExemption for products consisting of or containing pseudoephedrine salts or ephedrine base or salts Repealed
  11. 6Circumstances in which controlled drugs and medicinal products authorized by the European Community are not prescription only medicines Repealed
  12. 7Exemption for parenteral administration in an emergency to human beings of certain prescription only medicines Repealed
  13. 7AExemptions for administration of smallpox vaccine Repealed
  14. 7BExemption for administration by operators Repealed
  15. 8Exemptions for emergency sale or supply Repealed
  16. 9Exemption for non-parenteral administration to human beings Repealed
  17. 10Exemption for medicinal products at high dilutions
  18. 11Exemptions for certain persons Repealed
  19. 12Exemption for sale or supply in hospitals Repealed
  20. 12AExemptions for the supply and administration of prescription only medicines by national health service bodies Repealed
  21. 12BExemption for health professionals who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction in order to assist doctors or dentists in providing national health services Repealed
  22. 12CExemption for persons conducting a retail pharmacy business who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction Repealed
  23. 12DExemption for the supply and administration of prescription only medicines by independent hospitals, clinics and agencies Repealed
  24. 12EExemption for health professionals who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction in order to assist the provision of health care by or on behalf of the police, the prison services or the armed forces Repealed
  25. 12FExemption for the supply of prescription only medicines in the event or anticipation of pandemic disease Repealed
  26. 13Exemption in cases involving another’s default Repealed
  27. 13AExemptions relating to prescriptions given by certain health professionals Repealed
  28. 14Exemption in the case of a forged prescription Repealed
  29. 15Prescriptions Repealed
  30. 16Revocations Repealed
  31. Signature
  32. Schedule 1SUBSTANCES WHICH IF INCLUDED IN MEDICINAL PRODUCTS MAKE THOSE PRODUCTS PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE AND SUPPLY OF PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES
  33. Schedule 2SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CLASS OF PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES AT HIGH DILUTION
  34. Schedule 3DESCRIPTIONS AND CLASSES OF PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES IN RELATION TO WHICH community practitioner nurse prescribers ARE APPROPRIATE PRACTITIONERS Repealed
  35. Schedule 3ACONTROLLED DRUGS WHICH MAY BE PRESCRIBED, ADMINISTERED OR DIRECTED FOR ADMINISTRATION BY NURSE INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBERS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH PRESCRIPTION OR ADMINISTRATION Repealed
  36. Schedule 3BPARTICULARS FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT PLANS Repealed
  37. Schedule 4SUBSTANCES NOT TO BE CONTAINED IN A PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINE SOLD OR SUPPLIED UNDER THE EXEMPTION CONFERRED BY ARTICLE 8(3) Repealed
  38. Schedule 5: EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PERSONS FROM SECTION 58(2) OF THE ACT Repealed
  39. IEXEMPTION FROM RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OR SUPPLY Repealed
  40. Part II: EXEMPTIONS FROM THE RESTRICTION ON SUPPLY Repealed
  41. Part III: EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRICTION ON ADMINISTRATION Column 1
  42. Schedule 6ORDERS REVOKED Repealed
  43. Schedule 7 Repealed
  44. IPart I Repealed
  45. IIPart II Repealed
  46. IIAPart IIA Repealed
  47. IIIPart III Repealed
  48. Explanatory note