The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997

[F1Exemptions relating to prescriptions given by [F2certain health professionals]

13A.[F3(1) The restrictions imposed by section 58(2)(a) (restrictions in sale and supply) shall not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmacist in accordance with a prescription given by—

(a)another pharmacist,

(b)a registered nurse, F4...

(c)a registered midwife, F5...

[F6(d)a person whose name is registered in the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council in pursuance of article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001 relating to—

(i)chiropodists and podiatrists;

(ii)physiotherapists; or

(iii)radiographers: diagnostic or therapeutic, [F7or]]

[F8(e)a registered optometrist,]

who is not an appropriate practitioner in relation to that medicine where the pharmacist selling or supplying the medicine, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the person is such a practitioner.]

(2) The restrictions imposed by section 58(2)(a) (restrictions on sale and supply) shall not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmacist in accordance with a prescription given by [F9a nurse independent prescriber] [F10or supplementary prescriber] where the pharmacist, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that [F11the nurse independent prescriber] [F10or supplementary prescriber] has complied with any condition with which he is required to comply by virtue of [F12articles 3A(2) and (3) or 3B].]

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