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—
- a
an independent nurse prescriber;
- b
a pharmacist independent prescriber;
- c
a physiotherapist independent prescriber;
- d
a podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber; or
- 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—
- a
registered in Part 11 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001; and
- b
against whose name in that register is recorded—
- i
an entitlement to use the title “therapeutic radiographer”; and
- ii
an annotation signifying that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;