The Human Medicines Regulations 2012

Regulation 249

SCHEDULE 22 Classes of person for the purposes of regulation 249

• Doctors

• Dentists

• Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968.

• Authorities or persons carrying on the business of—

  (a)

  an independent hospital, independent clinic or independent medical agency,

  (b)

  a hospital or health centre which is not an independent hospital or independent clinic, or

  (c)

  in Northern Ireland, a nursing home.

• Holders of wholesale dealer’s licences or persons to whom the restrictions imposed by regulation 18(1) do not apply by virtue of an exemption in these Regulations.

• Ministers of the Crown and Government departments.

• Scottish Ministers.

• Welsh Ministers.

• A Northern Ireland Minister.

• An NHS trust.

• An NHS foundation trust.

• The Common Services Agency.

• A health authority or a special health authority.

• A Primary Care Trust.

• A person other than an excepted person who carries on a business consisting (wholly or partly) of supplying medicinal products in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, or of administering such products, pursuant to an arrangement made with—

  (a)

  an NHS trust or an NHS foundation trust;

  (b)

  the Common Services Agency;

  (c)

  a health authority or a special health authority; or

  (d)

  a Primary Care Trust.

• A person other than an excepted person who carries on a business consisting (wholly or partly) of the supply or administration of medicinal products for the purpose of assisting the provision of health care by or on behalf of, or under arrangements made by—

  (a)

  a police force in England, Wales or Scotland;

  (b)

  the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

  (c)

  a prison service; or

  (d)

  Her Majesty’s Forces.

• In this Schedule “excepted person” means—

  (a)

  a doctor or dentist; or

  (b)

  a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968.