The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2002

Insertion of article 3A in the principal Order

5.  After article 3 of the principal Order, insert the following article—

“Prescribing by extended formulary nurse prescribers

3A.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the description and classes of medicinal products in relation to which extended formulary nurse prescribers are appropriate practitioners are those prescription only medicines which consist of, or contain, one or more of the substances specified in column 1 of Schedule 3A, but which do not contain any other substance or combination of substances which is a prescription only medicine not included in Schedule 3A.

(2) An extended formulary nurse prescriber may—

(a) give a prescription for a medicinal product referred to in paragraph (1); or

(b) if that medicinal product is for parenteral administration—

(i) administer that medicinal product, or

(ii) give directions for the administration of that medicinal product,

only where he complies with any condition as to the cases or circumstances in which he may do so that is specified by virtue of paragraph (3).

(3) If the entry in column 2 of Schedule 3A relating to a substance specifies one or more requirements as to use, route of administration or pharmaceutical form, it is a condition for the purposes of paragraph (2) that a medicinal product which consists of, or contains, that substance is administered, or is prescribed or directed for administration, in accordance with the specified requirements.”.