Paragraph 5 PrescriptionsI1
United Kingdom
(1)
A prescription may be oral or written, but a veterinary medicinal product classified as POM-V or POM-VPS may only be supplied—
(a)
by the person who prescribed it, or
(b)
under a written prescription that complies with paragraph 6.
(2)
A person supplying such a product under a written prescription—
(a)
may only supply the product specified in that prescription,
(b)
must take all reasonable steps to satisfy himself that the prescription has been written and signed by a person entitled to prescribe the product; and
(c)
must ensure that it is supplied to the person named in the prescription.
(3)
It is an offence to fail to comply with this paragraph.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 3 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2006, see reg. 1