The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997

Articles 12A to 12C

[F1 [F2 SCHEDULE 7

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 3A inserted (4.4.2003) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/696), arts. 1(1), 15(c)

F2 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
[F3 Strategic Health Authority]	[F3 The Strategic Health Authority]
Health Authority	The Health Authority
Special Health Authority	The Special Health Authority
NHS trust [F4 or NHS foundation 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, [F5 , an NHS foundation 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 [F6 or NHS foundation trust] or Primary Care Trust with which the arrangement has been made]

Textual Amendments

F3 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)

F4 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 2 inserted (1.4.2004) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/696), arts. 1(1)(b), 3(2), Sch. 2

F5 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 2 inserted (1.4.2004) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/696), arts. 1(1)(b), 3(4), Sch. 4

F6 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 2 inserted (1.4.2004) by The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/696), arts. 1(1)(b), 3(3), Sch. 3

[F7 PART IIA PERSONS BY WHOM OR ON WHOSE BEHALF A PATIENT GROUP DIRECTION USED IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE, THE PRISON SERVICES OR THE ARMED FORCES MUST BE SIGNED

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 7 Pt. 2A inserted (4.4.2003) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/696), arts. 1(1), 17

Column 1 Force or service by whom or on whose behalf the health care is provided	Column 2 Person by whom or on whose behalf the Direction must be signed
A police force in England or Wales	The chief officer of police for that police force (within the meaning of the Police Act 1996)
A police force in Scotland	The chief constable of that police force (within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1997)
The Police Service of Northern Ireland	The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
The prison service in England and Wales	The governor of the prison in relation to which the health care in question is being provided
The prison service in Scotland	The Scottish Prison Service Management Board
The prison service in Northern Ireland	The Northern Ireland Prison Service Management Board
Her Majesty’s Forces	(i) the Surgeon General, (ii) a Medical Director General, or (iii) a chief executive of an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence]

PART III CLASSES OF INDIVIDUAL [F8 BY WHOM PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES MAY BE SUPPLIED OR ADMINISTERED]

Textual Amendments

F8 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)

• [F9 Registered paramedics or individuals who hold a certificate of proficiency in ambulance paramedic skills issued by, or with the approval of, the Secretary of State.]

• Pharmacists.

• Registered health visitors.

• Registered midwives.

• Registered nurses.

• Registered ophthalmic opticians.

• [F10 Registered] chiropodists.

• [F11 Registered orthoptists.

• Registered physiotherapists.

• Registered radiographers.]

• [F12 Registered dietitians.]

• [F12 Registered occupational therapists.]

• [F12 Registered orthotists and prosthetists.]

• [F12 Registered speech and language therapists.]]

Textual Amendments

F9 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 substituted (9.7.2003) by The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(4)(a)

F10 Word in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 substituted (9.7.2003) by The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(4)(b)

F11 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 substituted (9.7.2003) by The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(4)(c)

F12 Words in Sch. 7 Pt. 3 added (18.5.2004) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1189), arts. 1(1), 5