PART II AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES) REGULATIONS 1992

11 Amendment of regulation 2
In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a) after the definition of “assistant” insert the following definition—

““batch issue” means a form provided by a Primary Care Trust and issued by a doctor at the same time as a repeatable prescription to enable a chemist to receive payment for the provision of repeat dispensing services, which is in the format specified in Part 2 of Schedule 6B, and which—
(a) is generated by a computer and not signed by a doctor;
(b) relates to a particular repeatable prescription and contains the same date as that prescription;
(c) forms part of a sequence of batch issues, the number of batch issues being equal to the number of occasions on which the drugs or appliances ordered on the repeatable prescription may be provided, and
(d) specifies a number denoting its place in the sequence referred to in paragraph (c)”

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(b) after the definition of “relevant service” insert the following definitions—

““repeat dispensing services” means pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services which involve the provision of drugs or appliances by a chemist in accordance with a repeatable prescription;
“repeatable prescribing doctor” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 33A(1);
“repeatable prescribing list” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 33A(9);
“repeatable prescribing services” means general medical services which involve the prescribing of drugs or appliances on a repeatable prescription;
“repeatable prescription” means a prescription contained in a form provided by a Primary Care Trust and issued by a doctor to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services, which is in the format specified in Part 1 of Schedule 6B, and which—
(a) is generated by a computer but signed by a doctor; and
(b) indicates that the drugs or appliances ordered on that form may be provided more than once, and specifies the number of occasions on which they may be provided;”

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