SCHEDULE 5EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PERSONS FROM SECTION 58(2) OF THE ACT
PART IEXEMPTION FROM RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OR SUPPLY
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Persons exempted | Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies | Conditions |
1. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to universities, other institutions concerned with higher education or institutions concerned with research. | 1. All prescription only medicines |
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| 2. All prescription only medicines. | 2. The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by or on behalf of any person listed in column 1 of this paragraph stating the status of the person signing it and the amount of prescription only medicine required, and shall be only in connection with the exercise by those persons of their statutory functions. |
3. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to any person employed or engaged in connection with a scheme for testing the quality and checking the amount of the drugs and appliances supplied under the National Health Service Act 197723, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 197824 and the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 197225, or under any subordinate legislation made under those Acts or that Order. | 3. All prescription only medicines. |
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4. Registered midwives. |
| 4. The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice and in the case of Ergometrine maleate only when contained in a medicinal product which is not for parenteral administration. |
5. Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69. |
| 5. The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by a registered ophthalmic optician. |
6. Registered ophthalmic opticians. | 6. Prescription only medicines listed in column 2 of paragraph 5. |
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7. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to the British Standards Institution. | 7. All prescription only medicines. |
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8. Holders of marketing authorizations, product licences or manufacturer’s licences. | 8. Prescription only medicines referred to in the authorizations or licences. |
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9. Pharmacists selling or supplying to persons to whom cyanide salts may be sold by virtue of section 3 (regulation of poisons) or section 4 (exclusion of sales by wholesale and certain other sales) of the Poisons Act 197226 or by virtue of article 5 (prohibitions and regulations with respect to sale of poisons) or article 6 (exemption with respect to certain sales) of the Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 197627. | 9. Amyl nitrite. | 9. The sale or supply shall only be so far as is necessary to enable an antidote to be available to persons at risk of cyanide poisoning. |
PART IIEXEMPTIONS FROM THE RESTRICTION ON SUPPLY
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Persons exempted | Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies | Conditions |
1. Royal National Lifeboat Institution and certified first aiders of the Institution. | 1. All prescription only medicines. | 1. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the the treatment of sick or injured persons in the exercise of the functions of the Institution. |
2. The owner or the master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement. | 2. All prescription only medicines. | 2. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the ship. |
3. Persons authorized by licences granted under regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations to supply a controlled drug. | 3. Such prescription only medicines, being controlled drugs, as are specified in the licence. | 3. The supply shall be subject to such conditions and in such circumstances and to such an extent as may be specified in the licence. |
4. Persons requiring prescription only medicines for the purpose of enabling them, in the course of any business carried on by them, to comply with any requirements made by or in pursuance of any enactment with respect to the medical treatment of their employees. | 4. Such prescription only medicines as may be specified in the relevant enactment. |
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5. Persons operating an occupational health scheme. | 5. Prescription only medicines sold or supplied to a person operating an occupational health scheme in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor or a registered nurse. |
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6. The operator or commander of an aircraft. | 6. Prescription only medicines which are not for parenteral administration and which have been sold or supplied to the operator or commander of the aircraft in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor. | 6. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the immediate treatment of sick or injured persons on the aircraft and shall be in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used on the aircraft. |
7. Persons employed as qualified first-aid personnel on offshore installations. | 7. All prescription only medicines. | 7. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the installation. |
PART IIIEXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRICTION ON ADMINISTRATION Column 1
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Persons exempted | Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies | Conditions |
1. State registered chiropodists who hold a certificate of competence in the use of analgesics issued by or with the approval of the Chiropodists Board. |
| 1. The administration shall be only in the course of their professional practice. |
2. Registered midwives. |
| 2. The administration shall be only in the course of their professional practice and in the case of Promazine hydrochloride, Lignocaine and Lignocaine hydrochloride shall be only while attending on a woman in childbirth. |
3. Persons who are authorized as members of a group by a group authority granted under regulations 8(3) or 9(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations to supply a controlled drug by way of administration only. | 3. Prescription only medicines that are specified in the group authority. | 3. The administration shall be subject to such conditions and in such circumstances and to such extent as may be specified in the group authority. |
4. The owner or master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement. | 4. All prescription only medicines that are for parenteral administration. | 4. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the ship. |
5. Persons operating an occupational health scheme. | 5. Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration sold or supplied to the person operating an occupational health scheme in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor or a registered nurse. |
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6. The operator or commander of an aircraft. | 6. Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration which have been sold or supplied to the operator or commander of the aircraft in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor. | 6. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the immediate treatment of sick or injured persons on the aircraft and shall be in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used on the aircraft. |
7. Persons who are, and at 11th February 1982 were, persons customarily administering medicinal products to human beings by parenteral administration in the course of a business in the field of osteopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture or other similar field except chiropody. | 7. Medicinal products that are prescription only medicines by reason only that they fall within the class specified in article 3(c) (products for parenteral administration). | 7. The person administering the prescription only medicine shall have been requested by or on behalf of the person to whom it is administered and in that person’s presence to use his own judgement as to the treatment required. |
8. Persons employed as qualified first-aid personnel on offshore installations. | 8. All prescription only medicines that are for parenteral administration. | 8. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the installation. |
9. Persons who hold a certificate of proficiency in ambulance paramedic skills issued by, or with the approval of, the Secretary of State. |
| 9. The administration shall be only for the immediate, necessary treatment of sick or injured persons and in the case of a prescription only medicine containing Heparin Sodium shall be only for the purpose of cannula flushing. |