F1Supply of drugs under Patient Group Directions6A
1
Where drugs are supplied to a patient in accordance with a Patient Group Direction the person supplying the drugs shall, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), make and recover from the patient, in respect of the supply of each quantity, a charge of F2£6.20.
2
Where a charge is paid under paragraph (1), the person making the payment shall on doing so sign a declaration in writing that the relevant charge has been paid.
3
No charge shall be made and recovered under this regulation from a patient who is exempt—
a
under paragraph 1(1)(a) to (d) of Schedule 12 to the Act,
b
under regulation 7, or
c
by reason of being entitled to remission under regulation 3 of the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations,
and who, in the case described in paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 12 of the Act and in the cases described in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), completes a declaration of entitlement to such exemption or remission and provides such evidence of entitlement as the person supplying the drug may reasonably require.
4
No charge shall be made and recovered under this regulation where the drug is supplied for personal administration by the person making the supply in accordance with the Patient Group Direction.
5
A person making and recovering a charge under this regulation shall, if so required by a patient, give him a receipt for the amount received on a form which shall contain forms of declaration in support of an application for repayment and information as to whom an application for repayment shall be made.
6
For the purposes of this regulation the reference to the supply of a drug in accordance with a Patient Group Direction is a reference to the supply of a drug for that purpose as provided for in the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Order 1980 or in the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997.