The Medicines for Human Use (Administration and Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006

Amendment of Schedule 5 to the POM Order

4.—(1) Schedule 5 to the POM Order (exemption for certain persons from section 58(2) of the Act) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part I (exemption from restrictions on sale or supply)—

(a) in column 1 (persons exempted), for paragraph 10 substitute the following paragraph—

“10.   Registered chiropodists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines specified in column 2.”; and

(b) in column 2 (prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies), in paragraph 10—

(i) in sub-paragraph (c), after “volume;” omit “and”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (d), for “in weight.” substitute “in weight; and”, and

(iii) at the end, add—

“(e) Amoxicillin;

(f) Erythromycin;

(g) Flucoxacillin;

(h) Tioconazole 28%; and

(i) Silver Sulfadiazine.”

(3) In Part II (exemptions from the restriction on supply), after paragraph 7 insert—

“8 Persons who hold a certificate in first aid from the Mountain Rescue Council of England and Wales, or from the Northern Ireland Mountain Rescue Co-ordinating Committee.

8 Prescription only medicines supplied to a person specified in column 1 in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor.

8 The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons in the course of providing mountain rescue services.”.

(4) In Part III (exemptions from restriction on administration)—

(a) in column 1 (persons exempted), for paragraph 1 substitute the following paragraph—

“1.   Registered chiropodists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines specified in column 2.”; and

(b) in column 2 (prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies), in paragraph 1, insert at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of entries as they appear in that paragraph—

“Adrenaline

Levobupivacaine hydrochloride

Methylprednisolone

Ropivacaine hydrochloride”.