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2. For article 12 of the principal Order(1), there is substituted—
12.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the restrictions imposed by section 58(2)(a) (restrictions on sale and supply) shall not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine in the course of the business of a hospital where the medicine is sold or supplied for the purpose of being administered (whether in the hospital or elsewhere) to a particular person in accordance with directions satisfying the conditions specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The conditions specified in paragraph (1) are that the directions—
(a)are in writing;
(b)relate to the particular person to whom the medicine is to be administered; and
(c)are given by a person (other than a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner) who is an appropriate practitioner in relation to that medicine.
(3) Such directions may be given by an extended formulary nurse prescriber or a supplementary prescriber only where he complies with any condition as to the cases or circumstances in which he may give a prescription for that medicine specified by virtue of article 3A or 3B, as if the directions are a prescription.
(4) The exemption in paragraph (1) applies notwithstanding that the directions do not satisfy the conditions specified in article 15(2).”.
Article 12 was substituted by SI 2000/1917.
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