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2.—(1) The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a)in the appropriate place in the alphabetical order insert the following definitions—
““paramedic independent prescriber” means a person—
who is either engaged or employed by the contractor or who is a party to the contract,
who is a registered paramedic, and
against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a paramedic independent prescriber;”;
““registered paramedic” means a person registered in Part 8 of the Health and Care Professions Council register;”;
(b)in the definition of “prescriber”—
(i)in paragraph (g) omit “; and” and after “prescriber” insert “,”;
(ii)in paragraph (h) after “prescriber,” insert “and”;
(iii)after paragraph (h) insert—
“(i)a paramedic independent prescriber,”;
(c)in the definition of “relevant register” after paragraph (c)(ia) insert—
“(ib)paramedics;”;
(d)in the definition of “supplementary prescriber” after paragraph (b)(iv)(dd) insert—
“(ee)paramedics, or”.
(3) In Schedule 6 (other contractual terms)—
(a)in paragraph 49(3) and (4) after “therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” at each place where it occurs insert “, a paramedic independent prescriber”;
(b)in the heading for paragraph 64, after “therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” insert “, paramedic independent prescriber”;
(c)in paragraph 64(1) and (2) after “therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” at each place where it occurs insert “, a paramedic independent prescriber”.
S.I. 2004/478 (W. 48); relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2006/358 (W. 46), S.I. 2007/205 (W. 19), S.I. 2012/1479, S.I. 2014/2291 (W. 226) and S.I. 2016/1221 (W. 292).
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