The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005

Reward Scheme

59.—(1) A chemist who is presented with, or receives, an order under paragraph 5(2) or (3) of Schedule 1 or paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 3 shall be eligible to claim a payment from the Primary Care Trust in such manner as is specified in the Drug Tariff if—

(a) in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 he refused to provide the drugs or listed appliances ordered and informed the Primary Care Trust of this action as soon as practicable; or

(b) he provided the drugs or listed appliances pursuant to paragraph 5(2) or (3) of Schedule 1 or paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 3 but had reason to believe at that time or subsequently came to have reason to believe that the order was not a genuine order for the person named on the prescription form or repeatable prescription and informed the Primary Care Trust of this belief as soon as practicable,

and in either case he has sent the order referred to in this paragraph (or, in the case of an electronic prescription, details of it) to the Primary Care Trust, and the Primary Care Trust has established that the order referred to in this paragraph was not a genuine order for the person named on the prescription form or repeatable prescription.

(2) The Primary Care Trust shall in respect of any claim under paragraph (1) make such payment as is due to the chemist calculated in the manner specified in the Drug Tariff.

(3) In this paragraph “order” includes a purported order.