Amendment of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 20046

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

a

after the definition of “independent nurse prescriber” insert—

  • “independent prescriber” means—

    1. a

      an independent nurse prescriber;

    2. b

      a pharmacist independent prescriber;

    3. c

      a physiotherapist independent prescriber;

    4. d

      a podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber; or

    5. e

      a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;

b

in the definition of “prescriber”—

i

in paragraph (e) omit “and”; and

ii

at the end of paragraph (f) insert—

; and

g

a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber,

c

in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

i

in paragraph (d)(ii) omit “or”; and

ii

after paragraph (d)(iii) insert—

iv

dietitians; or

d

after the definition of “temporary resident” insert—

  • “therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” means a person—

    1. a

      registered in Part 11 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001; and

    2. b

      against whose name in that register is recorded—

      1. i

        an entitlement to use the title “therapeutic radiographer”; and

      2. ii

        an annotation signifying that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;