The National Health Service (Dietitian Supplementary Prescribers and Therapeutic Radiographer Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Prospective

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 S

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

(a) after the definition of “independent nurse prescriber” insert—

““independent prescriber” means—

(a)

an independent nurse prescriber;

(b)

a pharmacist independent prescriber;

(c)

a physiotherapist independent prescriber;

(d)

a podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber; or

(e)

a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”;

(b) in the definition of “prescriber”—

(i) in paragraph (e) omit “and”; and

(ii) at the end of paragraph (f) insert—

“; and

(g) a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber,”;

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

(i) in paragraph (d)(ii) omit “or”; and

(ii) after paragraph (d)(iii) insert—

“(iv) dietitians; or”; and

(d) after the definition of “temporary resident” insert—

““therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” means a person—

(a)

registered in Part 11 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001(1); and

(b)

against whose name in that register is recorded—

(i)

an entitlement to use the title “therapeutic radiographer”; and

(ii)

an annotation signifying that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

S.I. 2002/254; the title of the Order was substituted by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) section 213(4) and article 5 was amended by S.I. 2009/1182, schedule 2, paragraph 2.