The National Health Service (Paramedic Independent Prescriber and Paramedic Supplementary Prescriber) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) Regulations 2007

3.—(1) The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the appropriate place in the alphabetical order insert the following definitions—

““paramedic independent prescriber” (“parafeddyg-ragnodydd annibynnol”) means a person—

(a)

who is a registered paramedic, and

(b)

against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a paramedic independent prescriber;”

““registered paramedic” (“parafeddyg cofrestredig”) means a person registered in Part 8 of the Health and Care Professions Council register;”;

(b) in the definition of “prescriber”—

(i) in paragraph (g) omit “; and” and after “prescriber” insert “,”;

(ii) in paragraph (h) after “prescriber; insert “and”;

(iii) after paragraph (h) insert—

“(i) a paramedic independent prescriber,”;

(c) in the definition of “relevant register” after paragraph (c)(ia) insert—

“(ib) paramedics;”;

(d) in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

(i) after “dietitians,” omit “or”; and

(ii) after paragraph (a)(iv)(dd) insert—

“(ee) paramedics, or”.

(1)

S.I. 2007/121 (W. 11); relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2012/1479, S.I. 2014/2291 (W. 226) and S.I. 2016/1221 (W. 292).