SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 17Exemption for sale, supply or administration by certain persons
PART 1Exemption from restrictions on sale and supply of prescription only medicines
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Persons exempted | Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies | Conditions |
1. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to universities, other institutions concerned with higher education or institutions concerned with research. | 1. All prescription only medicines. | 1. The sale or supply shall be—
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2. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to any of the following—
| 2. All prescription only medicines. | 2. The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by or on behalf of any person listed in column 1 stating the status of the person signing it and the amount of prescription only medicine required, and shall be only in connection with the exercise by those persons of their statutory functions. |
3. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to any person employed or engaged in connection with a scheme for testing the quality and checking the amount of the drugs and appliances supplied under the National Health Service Act 2006120, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978121, the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006122 and the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972123, or under any subordinate legislation made under those Acts or that Order. | 3. All prescription only medicines | 3. The sale or supply shall be—
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4. Registered midwives. | 4. Prescription only medicines containing any of the following substances—
| 4. The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice. |
5. Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968. | 5. Water for injection. | 5. The sale or supply is to a person—
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6. Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968. | 6. Items which are—
| 6. The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by—
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7. Registered optometrists. | 7. Prescription only medicines listed in item (a) of paragraph 6 column 2. | 7. The sale or supply shall be only—
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8. Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968. | 8. Medicinal products not for parenteral administration which are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain any of the following substances—
| 8. The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by an additional supply optometrist. |
9. Additional supply optometrists. | 9. Prescription only medicines specified in paragraph 8 column 2. | 9. The sale or supply shall be only—
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10. Holders of marketing authorisations, product licences or manufacturer’s licences. | 10. Prescription only medicines referred to in those authorisations or licences. | 10. The sale or supply shall be only—
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11. Registered chiropodists or podiatrists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicine specified in column 2. | 11. The following prescription only medicines—
| 11. The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice. |
PART 2Exemption from the restriction on supply of prescription only medicines
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Persons exempted | Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies | Conditions |
1. Royal National Lifeboat Institution and certified first aiders of the Institution. | 1. All prescription only medicines | 1. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons in the exercise of the functions of the Institution. |
2. The owner or master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of the ship’s complement. | 2. All prescription only medicines. | 2. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the ship. |
3. Persons authorised by licences granted under regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001124 or regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002125 to supply a controlled drug. | 3. Such prescription only medicines, being controlled drugs, as are specified in the licence. | 3. The supply shall be subject to such conditions and in such circumstances and to such an extent as may be specified in the licence. |
4. Persons employed or engaged in the provision of lawful drug treatment services. | 4. Ampoules of sterile water for injection that contain no more than 2ml of water each. | 4. The supply shall be only in the course of provisions of lawful drug treatment services. |
5. Persons requiring prescription only medicines for the purpose of enabling them, in the course of any business carried on by them, to comply with any requirements made by or in pursuance of any enactment with respect to the medical treatment of their employees. | 5. Such prescription only medicines as may be specified in the relevant enactment. | 5. The supply shall be—
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6. Persons operating an occupational health scheme. | 6. Prescription only medicines sold or supplied to a person operating an occupational health scheme in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor or a registered nurse. | 6. The supply of the prescription only medicine shall be—
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7. The operator or commander of an aircraft. | 7. Prescription only medicines which are not for parenteral administration and which have been sold or supplied to an operator or commander of an aircraft in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor. | 7. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the immediate treatment of sick or injured persons on the aircraft and shall be in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used on the aircraft. |
8. Persons employed as qualified first-aid personnel on off-shore installations. | 8. All prescription only medicines. | 8. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the installation. |
9. Persons who hold a certificate in first aid from the Mountain Rescue Council of England and Wales, or from the Northern Ireland Mountain Rescue Co-ordinating Committee. | 9. Prescription only medicines supplied to a person specified in column 1 in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor. | 9. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons in the course of providing mountain rescue services. |
10. Persons (“P”) who are members of Her Majesty’s armed forces. | 10. All prescription only medicines. | 10. The supply shall be—
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PART 3Exemptions from the restriction on administration of prescription only medicines
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Persons exempted | Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies | Conditions |
1. Registered chiropodists or podiatrists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines specified in column 2. | 1. Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration that contain—
| 1. The administration shall only be in the course of their professional practice and where the medicine includes a combination of substances in column 2, those substances shall not have been combined by the chiropodist or podiatrist. |
2. Registered midwives and student midwives. | 2. Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration containing any of the following substances but no other substance that is classified as a product available on prescription only—
| 2. The medicine shall—
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3. Persons who are authorised as members of a group by a group authority granted under regulations 8(3) or 9(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001126 or, regulations 8(3) or 9(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002127, to supply a controlled drug by way of administration only. | 3. Prescription only medicines that are specified in the group authority. | 3. The administration shall be subject to such conditions and in such circumstances and to such extent as may be specified in the group authority. |
4. The owner or master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of the ship’s complement. | 4. All prescription only medicines that are for parenteral administration. | 4. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the ship. |
5. Persons operating an occupational health scheme. | 5. Prescription only medicines that are for parenteral administration sold or supplied to the person operating an occupational health scheme in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor or a registered nurse. | 5. The prescription only is administered in the course of an occupational health scheme, and the individual administering the medicine is—
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6. The operator or commander of an aircraft. | 6. Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration which have been sold or supplied to the operator or commander of the aircraft in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor. | 6. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the immediate treatment of sick or injured persons on the aircraft and shall be in accordance with the written instructions of the doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used on the aircraft. |
7. Persons employed as qualified first-aid personnel on off-shore installations. | 7. All prescription only medicines that are for parenteral administration. | 7. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the installation. |
8. Persons who are registered paramedics. | 8. The following prescription only medicines for parenteral administration—
| 8. The administration shall be only for the immediate, necessary treatment of sick or injured persons and in the case of prescription only medicine containing Heparin Sodium shall be only for the purpose of cannula flushing. |
9. Persons who hold the advanced life support provider certificate issued by the Resuscitation Council (UK). | 9. The following prescription only medicines for parenteral administration —
| 9. The administration shall be only in an emergency involving cardiac arrest, and in the case of adrenaline the administration shall be intravenous only. |
PART 4Exemptions from the restrictions in regulations 220 and 221 for certain persons who sell, supply, or offer for sale or supply certain medicinal products
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Persons exempted | Medicinal products to which exemption applies | Conditions |
1. Registered chiropodists and podiatrists. | 1. Medicinal products on a general sale list which are for external use and are not veterinary drugs and the following pharmacy medicines for external use—
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2. Registered chiropodists and podiatrists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines in column 2. | 2.
| 2. The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice, and the medicinal product must have been made up for sale or supply in a container elsewhere than at the place at which it is sold or supplied. |
3. Registered optometrists. | 3. All medical products on a general sale list, all pharmacy medicines and prescription only medicines which are not for parenteral administration and which—
| 3. The sale or supply shall be only—
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4. Additional supply optometrists. | 4. Medicinal products which are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain any of the following substances—
| 4. The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice and only in an emergency. |
5. Holders of manufacturer’s licences where the licence in question contains a provision that the licence holder shall manufacture the medicinal product to which the licence relates only for a particular person after being requested by or on behalf of that person and in that person’s presence to use his own judgement as to the treatment required. | 5. Medicinal products on a general sale list which are for external use and are not veterinary drugs and pharmacy medicines which are for external use in the treatment of hair and scalp conditions and which contain any of the following—
| 5. The licence holder shall sell or supply the medicinal product in question only to a particular person after being requested by or on behalf of that person and in that person’s presence to use his own judgement as to the treatment required. |
6. Persons selling or supplying medicinal products to universities, other institutions concerned with higher education or institutions concerned with research. | 6. All medicinal products. | 6. The sale or supply shall be—
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7. Persons selling or supplying medicinal products to organisations for research purposes. | 7. All medicinal products. | 7. The sale or supply is only for the purposes of research and shall be—
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8. Persons selling or supplying medicinal products to any of the following—
| 8. All medicinal products. | 8. The sale or supply is in connection with the exercise of any statutory function carried out by any person listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of column 1 provided that—
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9. Holders of a marketing authorisation, a certificate of registration or a manufacturer’s licence. | 9. Medicinal product referred to in the marketing authorisation, certificate of registration or manufacturer’s licence. | The sale or supply shall be only—
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10. Registered dispensing opticians. | 10. Pharmacy medicines for external use containing chloramphenicol at a strength not exceeding—
| 10. The sale or supply shall only be in the course of their professional practice. |
PART 5Exemptions from the restrictions in regulations 220 and 221 for certain persons who supply certain medicinal products
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Persons exempted | Medicinal products to which exemption applies | Conditions |
1. Royal National Lifeboat Institution and certificated first aiders of the Institution. | 1. All medicinal products. | 1. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons. |
2. British Red Cross Society and certificated first aid and certificated nursing members of the Society. | 2. All pharmacy medicines and all medicinal products on a general sale list. | 2. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons. |
3. St John Ambulance Association and Brigade and certificated first aid and certificated nursing members of the Association and Brigade. | 3. All pharmacy medicines and all medicinal products on a general sale list. | 3. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons. |
4. St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association and certificated first aid and certificated nursing members of the Association. | 4. All pharmacy medicines and all medicinal products on a general sale list. | 4. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick and injured persons. |
5. Order of Malta Ambulance Corps and certificated first aid and certificated nursing members of the Corps. | 5. All pharmacy medicines and all medicinal products on a general sale list. | 5. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons. |
6. Persons authorised by licences granted under regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 or regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002. | 6. Such prescription only medicines and such pharmacy medicines as are specified in the licence. | 6. The supply shall be subject to such conditions and in such circumstances and to such an extent as may be specified in the licence. |
7. Persons employed or engaged in the provision of lawful drug treatment services. | 7. Ampoules of sterile water for injection that contain no more than 5ml of water each. | 7. The supply shall be only in the course of provision of lawful drug treatment services. |
8. Persons requiring medicinal products for the purpose of enabling them, in the course of any business carried on by them, to comply with any requirements made by or in pursuance of any enactment with respect to the medical treatment of their employees. | 8. Such prescription only medicines and such pharmacy medicines as may be specified in the relevant enactment and medicinal products on a general sale list. | 8. The supply shall be—
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9. The owner or master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of the ship’s complement. | 9. All medicinal products. | 9. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the ship. |
10. Persons operating an occupational health scheme. | 10. All pharmacy medicines, all medicinal products on a general sale list and such prescription only medicines as are sold or supplied to a person operating an occupational health scheme in response to an order signed by a doctor or a registered nurse. | 10.
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11. Persons carrying on the business of a school providing full-time education. | 11. Pharmacy medicines that are for use in the prevention of dental caries and consist of or contain Sodium Fluoride. | 11. The supply shall be—
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12. Health authorities or Primary Health Trusts. | 12. Pharmacy medicines that are for use in the prevention of dental caries and consist of or contain Sodium Fluoride. | 12. The supply shall be in the course of—
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13. The operator or commander of an aircraft. | 13. All pharmacy medicines, all medicinal products on a general sale list and such prescription only medicines which are not for parenteral administration and which have been sold or supplied to the operator or commander of an aircraft in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor. | 13. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the immediate treatment of sick or injured persons on the aircraft and, in the case of a prescription only medicine, shall be in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which the prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used on the aircraft. |
14. Persons employed as qualified first-aid personnel on offshore installations. | 14. All medicinal products. | 14. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the installation. |
15. A prison officer. | 15. All medicinal products on the general sale list. | 15. The supply shall only be so far as is necessary for the treatment of prisoners. |
16. Persons who hold a certificate in first aid from the Mountain Rescue Council of England and Wales, or from the Northern Ireland Mountain Rescue Co-ordinating Committee. | 16. All pharmacy medicines, all medicinal products on a general sale list and such prescription only medicines which are sold or supplied to a person specified in column 1 of this paragraph in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor. | 16. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons in the course of providing mountain rescue services. |
17. Her Majesty’s armed forces. | 17. All medicinal products. | 17. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of a sick or injured person or the prevention of ill-health. |