Paragraph 10 Supply by a pharmacistE1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

A pharmacist may only supply a veterinary medicinal product classified as POM-V, POM-VPS or NFA-VPS F1, or prescribed under the cascade, from—

(a)

premises registered as a pharmacy with the General Pharmaceutical Council or with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland;

(b)

premises registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as being premises from which a veterinary surgeon supplies veterinary medicinal products; or

(c)

(in the case of a veterinary medicinal product classified as POM-VPS or NFA-VPS) from premises F2authorised under paragraph 14.

(2)

A pharmacist supplying a veterinary medicinal product (other than one classified as AVM-GSL) must be present when it is handed over unless the pharmacist—

(a)

authorises each transaction individually before the product is supplied; and

(b)

is satisfied that the person handing it over is competent to do so.

(3)

A pharmacist may supply any veterinary medicinal product prepared in a pharmacy in accordance with the prescriptions of a pharmacopoeia and intended to be supplied directly to the end-user.

(4)

A pharmacist may supply a homeopathic remedy prepared extemporaneously by a pharmacist in a registered pharmacy (as well as any other homeopathic remedy permitted to be supplied by a pharmacist under these Regulations) provided that it is prepared in accordance with paragraph 63 of Schedule 1 and intended to be supplied directly to the end user.

(5)

A pharmacist may break open any package containing a veterinary medicinal product for the purposes of supply other than the immediate packaging of an injectable product.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 para. 10(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 104(a)
F2: Word in Sch. 3 para. 10(1)(c) substituted (E.W.S.) (17.5.2024) by The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/567), regs. 1(1), 104(b)

Extent

E1: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only