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10.—(1) Schedule 7 to the PLPS Regulations (mandatory terms for LPS schemes) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 3A(1) (supply in accordance with a SSP) insert—
3B.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, where—
(a)a LPS Contractor (C) receives a LPIV; and
(b)a person who is entitled to be supplied by C with a prescription item ordered on the LPIV requests the provision of the item in accordance with that LPIV,
C must, with reasonable promptness, provide the prescription item so ordered.
(2) If a person who is entitled as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) asks C to do so—
(a)C must give an estimate of the time when the prescription item will be ready; and
(b)if they are not ready by then, C must give a revised estimate of the time when the item will be ready (until it is ready).
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where arrangements are in place for the provision of the item ordered on the LPIV as part of a directed service which includes arrangements for the provision of such an item ordered on such a LPIV.”.
(3) In paragraph 6(2) (providing ordered drugs or appliances)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (13), after “paragraph 3” insert “or 3B”; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (14) insert—
“(15) Sub-paragraphs (3) to (8) apply to the provision of a drug in accordance with a LPIV as they apply to the provision of a drug in accordance with a prescription form or a repeatable prescription (or an associated batch issue).”.
(4) In paragraph 7(3) (refusal to provide drugs or appliances ordered), after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“(5) C may refuse to provide a prescription item that is or is purportedly ordered on a LPIV where—
(a)C reasonably believes it is not a genuine order for the person who requests, or on whose behalf is requested, the provision of the prescription item;
(b)providing it would be contrary to C’s clinical judgement;
(c)C or other persons are subjected to or threatened with violence by the person who requests the provision of the prescription item, or by any person accompanying that person; or
(d)the person who requests the provision of the prescription item, or any person accompanying that person, commits or threatens to commit a criminal offence.
(6) C must refuse to provide a prescription item that is or is purportedly ordered on a LPIV where C is satisfied that C is not entitled to provide it or the prescriber was not entitled to prescribe it.”.
Inserted by S.I. 2019/990.
Amended by S.I. 2019/990.
Amended by S.I. 2018/1114, 2019/990 and 2020/1126.
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