Paragraph 5 Prescriptions
(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;
(b)
under a written prescription that complies with paragraph 6; or
(c)
(in the case of POM-VPS) by a suitably qualified person in accordance with paragraph 14(5).
(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 take all reasonable steps to ensure that it is supplied to the person named in the prescription.
(3)
It is an offence to fail to comply with this paragraph.