The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997

Articles 12A to 12C

[F1 SCHEDULE 7

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7 inserted (9.8.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1917), arts. 1(1), 2(e)

PART I PARTICULARS TO BE INCLUDED IN A PATIENT GROUP DIRECTION

(a) the period during which the Direction shall have effect;

(b) the description or class of prescription only medicine to which the Direction relates;

(c) whether there are any restrictions on the quantity of medicine which may be supplied on any one occasion, and, if so, what restrictions;

(d) the clinical situations which prescription only medicines of that description or class may be used to treat;

(e) the clinical criteria under which a person shall be eligible for treatment;

(f) whether any class of person is excluded from treatment under the Direction and, if so, what class of person;

(g) whether there are circumstances in which further advice should be sought from a doctor or dentist and, if so, what circumstances;

(h) the pharmaceutical form or forms in which prescription only medicines of that description or class are to be administered;

(i) the strength, or maximum strength, at which prescription only medicines of that description or class are to be administered;

(j) the applicable dosage or maximum dosage;

(k) the route of administration;

(l) the frequency of administration;

(m) any minimum or maximum period of administration applicable to prescription only medicines of that description or class;

(n) whether there are any relevant warnings to note, and, if so, what warnings;

(o) whether there is any follow up action to be taken in any circumstances, and, if so, what action and in what circumstances;

(p) arrangements for referral for medical advice;

(q) details of the records to be kept of the supply, or the administration, of medicines under the Direction.

PART II PERSONS ON WHOSE BEHALF A PATIENT GROUP DIRECTION MUST BE SIGNED

Column 1	Column 2
Class of person by whom a prescription only medicine is supplied or administered	Person on whose behalf the Direction must be signed
Common Services Agency	The Agency
[F2 Strategic Health Authority]	[F2 The Strategic Health Authority]
Health Authority	The Health Authority
Special Health Authority	The Special Health Authority
NHS trust	The trust
Primary Care Trust	The Trust
A person who supplies or administers a prescription only medicine pursuant to an arrangement made with the Common Services Agency, a Health Authority, a Special Health Authority, an NHS trust or a Primary Care Trust	The Common Services Agency, where the arrangement has been made with the Agency; or the Health Authority, Special Health Authority, NHS trust or Primary Care Trust with which the arrangement has been made

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 2 inserted (1.10.2002) by The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 73(4)

PART III CLASSES OF INDIVIDUAL [F3 BY WHOM PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES MAY BE SUPPLIED OR ADMINISTERED]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 heading substituted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 3(2)

• Individuals who hold a certificate of proficiency in ambulance paramedic skills issued by, or with the approval of, the Secretary of State, or individuals who are state registered paramedics.

• Pharmacists.

• Registered health visitors.

• Registered midwives.

• Registered nurses.

• Registered ophthalmic opticians.

• State registered chiropodists.

• [F4 Individuals who are registered in the register of orthoptists maintained by the Health Professions Council pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Health Professions Order 2001 (state registered orthoptists).]

• [F4 Individuals who are registered in the register of physiotherapists maintained by the Health Professions Council pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Health Professions Order 2001 (state registered physiotherapists).]

• [F4 Individuals who are registered in the register of radiographers maintained by the Health Professions Council pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Health Professions Order 2001 (state registered radiographers).]]

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 substituted (1.4.2002) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/549), arts. 1(1), 10