The National Health Service (Dietitian Supplementary Prescribers and Therapeutic Radiographer Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Prospective

Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 S

9.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation and application)—

(a) after the definition of “hypodermic needle exchange services” insert—

““independent nurse prescriber” means a person—

(a)

who is registered in the Nursing and Midwifery Register; and

(b)

against whose name is recorded in that register an annotation signifying that he or she is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a community practitioner nurse prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;”;

(b) omit the definition of “nurse independent prescriber”;

(c) in the definition of “prescriber”—

(i) in paragraph (c) for “nurse independent prescriber” substitute “independent nurse prescriber”;

(ii) in paragraph (f) omit “or”; and

(iii) after paragraph (f) insert—

“(fa) a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber, or”;

(d) in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

(i) in paragraph (d)(ii) omit “or”;

(ii) in paragraph (d)(iii) omit “or”; and

(iii) after paragraph (d)(iii) insert—

“(iv) dietitians; or”; and

(e) after the definition of “terms of service” 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;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 9 in force at 31.12.2016, see reg. 1