Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

[F1 Rectification of the European professional card or the IMI file N.I.

5.— (1) If an automatically recognised pharmacist (“P”) holds a European professional card issued by the Society, P may, at any time, make a written request to the Society to rectify inaccurate or incomplete data in P’s IMI file or to delete or block P’s IMI file if it contains inaccurate or incomplete data.

(2) If the Society is satisfied that the data in P’s IMI file is inaccurate or incomplete, the Society must comply with a request by P under sub-paragraph (1).

(3) The Society must notify P of P’s right under sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) at the time P’s European professional card is issued;

(b) within the period ending two years after the date on which the European professional card was issued; and

(c) subsequently at intervals not exceeding two years from the date of the previous notification.

(4) A notification under sub-paragraph (3)(b) or (c) must be sent to P by means of an automatic reminder sent through the IMI.

(5) The Society must not charge P a fee in relation to the making of a written request under sub-paragraph (1) or in relation to complying with, or responding to, such a request.

(6) If—

(a) P’s European professional card was issued for the purposes of establishment;

(b) P asks the Society to delete P’s IMI file; and

(c) P’s host State is the United Kingdom,

the Society must provide P with evidence confirming that the Society recognises P’s professional qualifications.]

F1 Sch. 2C inserted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 25 (with reg. 155)