SCHEDULE 5EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PERSONS FROM SECTION 58(2) OF THE ACT
PART IIIEXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRICTION ON ADMINISTRATION Column 1
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 1 inserted (17.11.2006) by The Medicines for Human Use (Administration and Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2807), arts. 1(1), 4(4)(b)
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 substituted (13.2.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/108), arts. 1, 5(2)
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 4(b)
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 2 inserted (31.1.2004) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2), arts. 1(1), 4
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 9 added (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 5(a)
Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 9 substituted for words (9.7.2003) by The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(3)(b)(ii)
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 9 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 5(b)
Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 9 inserted (19.11.2004) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2693), arts. 1(1), 6
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 9 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 5(c)
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 9 inserted (1.6.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 3
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 9 inserted (18.5.2004) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1189), arts. 1(1), 4
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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Persons exempted | Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies | Conditions |
F111. Registered chiropodists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines specified in column 2.. |
| 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 F4or persons who are F7registered paramedics. |
| 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. |
Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 3 para. 1 substituted (17.11.2006) by The Medicines for Human Use (Administration and Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2807), arts. 1(1), 4(4)(a)