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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing by EEA Practitioners) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 3rd November 2008.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968(1);
“controlled drug” means any substance or product for the time being specified in Part I, II or III of Schedule 2 (controlled drugs) to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(2);
“EEA health professional” means—
a doctor who is lawfully engaged in medical practice in a relevant European State; or
a dentist who is lawfully engaged in dental practice in a relevant European State (including a person whose formal qualifications as a doctor are recognised for the purposes of the pursuit of the professional activities of a dental practitioner under Article 37 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications)(3), and
who is not a doctor or dentist within the meaning of the Act(4);
“medicinal product” means a product of a description or class specified in article 3 (medicinal products on prescription only) of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997(5), except a medicinal product that is a controlled drug;
“relevant European State” means—
an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, or
Switzerland; and
“repeatable prescription” means a prescription which contains a direction that it may be dispensed with more than once.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 3.11.2008, see reg. 1(1)
1971.c.38; amendments to Schedule 2 have been made by S.I.1973/771, 1975/421, 1977/1243, 1979/299, 1983/765, 1984/859, 1985/1995, 1986/2230, 1989/1340, 1990/2589, 1995/1966, 1996/1300, 1998/750, 2001/3932, 2003/1243, 2003/3201,2005/3178 and 2006/3331 and the Drugs Act 2005, s 21(c. 17).
OJ No. L 255, 30.9.2005, p22.
In section 132 of the Act, the definition of dentist has been amended by the Dentists Act 1984, s 54 (1), Sch 5, para 2 (c.24) and the definition of doctor was substituted by the Medical Act 1983, s 56(1), Sch 5, para 5 (c.54).
S.I. 1997/1830; article 3 has been substituted by S.I. 2002/549 and amendments have been made to it by S.I. 2003/696 and 2008/464.
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