# The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, Paragraph 10: Supply by a pharmacist

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A pharmacist may only supply a veterinary medicinal product classified as POM-V, POM-VPS or NFA-VPS , 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 authorised 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2033/schedule/3/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-10
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