The Medicines (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 21st December 2009.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;

“clinical management plan” means a written plan (which may be amended from time to time) relating to the treatment of an individual patient agreed by—

(a)

the patient to whom the plan relates;

(b)

the doctor or dentist who is a party to the plan, and

(c)

any supplementary prescriber who is to prescribe, give directions for administration or administer under the plan;

“medicinal product” includes any article or substance in respect of which section 130(1)(1) of the Act (meaning of “medicinal product” and related expressions) has effect;

“mixing of medicines” means the combining of two or more medicinal products together for the purposes of administering them to meet the needs of a particular patient;

“nurse independent prescriber” means a person (“N”)—

(a)

who is a registered nurse or a registered midwife, and

(b)

against whose name is recorded in the professional register an annotation signifying that N is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a nurse independent prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;

“pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person (“P”)—

(a)

who is a pharmacist, and

(b)

against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that P is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber;

“the Pharmacy and General Sale Order” means the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale – Exemption) Order 1980(2);

“the POM Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997(3);

“supplementary prescriber” means a person (“S”) who is a—

(a)

a registered nurse;

(b)

a pharmacist;

(c)

a registered midwife;

(d)

a person whose name is registered in the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council in pursuance of article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001(4) relating to—

(i)

chiropodists and podiatrists;

(ii)

physiotherapists;

(iii)

radiographers: diagnostic or therapeutic,

(e)

a registered optometrist,

against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation or entry signifying that S is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber or, in the case of a nurse or midwife, as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber.

(1)

Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2006/2407.

(2)

S.I. 1980/1924.

(3)

S.I. 1997/1830.

(4)

S.I. 2002/254 as amended by S.I. 2009/1182.