Paragraph 7 Duties when a product is prescribed or supplied

(1)

When a person prescribes a product classified as POM-V or POM-VPS, or supplies a product classified as NFA-VPS—

(a)

before he does so, he must be satisfied that the person who will use the product is competent to do so safely, and intends to use it for a purpose for which it is authorised;

(b)

when he does so, he must advise on its safe administration and on any warnings or contra-indications on the label or package leaflet; and

(c)

he must not prescribe (or, in the case of a NFA-VPS product, supply) more than the minimum amount required for the treatment; but it is a defence for him to show that—

(i)

the product prescribed or supplied by him was in a container specified in the marketing authorisation;

(ii)

the manufacturer does not supply that veterinary medicinal product in a smaller container; and

(iii)

he is not a person authorised to break open the package before supply.

(2)

It is an offence to fail to comply with this paragraph.