2004 No.1189
The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
As respects England, Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health in England, and, as respects Northern Ireland, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 58(1), (1B), (4), (4A), (4B) and (5) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 19681, or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions and now vested in them2, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by this Order, pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, pursuant to sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 18th May 2004.
2
In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 19973.
Amendment of article 1 of the principal Order2
In article 1(2) of the principal Order (interpretation), in the appropriate alphabetical place, insert the following definitions—
“registered dietitian” means a person who is registered in Part 4 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 20014;
“registered occupational therapist” means a person who is registered in Part 6 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;
“registered orthotist and prosthetist” means a person who is registered in Part 10 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;
“registered speech and language therapist” means a person who is registered in Part 12 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;
Amendment of Schedule 3A to the principal Order3
In Schedule 3A to the principal Order5 (substances which may be prescribed, administered or directed for administration by extended formulary nurse prescribers and conditions for such prescription or administration), in the table—
a
for the entry “Clavulanic acid”, in column 1 add “(as potassium clavulanate)” after “Clavulanic acid”;
b
for the entry “Hydrocortisone acetate”, in column 2 add “or aural” after “External use”;
c
for the entry “hyoscine butylbromide”, in column 2 omit “or transdermal” after “Parenteral”; and
d
in column 1 insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entry set out in column 1 below, and in column 2 insert, against that entry, the corresponding entry in column 2 below—
Column 1 | Column 2 |
---|---|
Hyoscine | Transdermal administration in palliative care |
Amendment of Schedule 5 to the principal Order4
In Schedule 5 to the principal Order (exemption for certain persons from section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968), in the list in column 2 of entry 9 of Part III, at the appropriate alphabetical place, insert the following entries—
“Reteplase”; and
“Tenecteplase”.
Amendment of Schedule 7 to the principal Order5
In Schedule 7 to the principal Order6 (classes of individual by whom prescription only medicines may be supplied or administered), at the end of the list in Part III add—
“Registered dietitians.”;
“Registered occupational therapists.”;
“Registered orthotists and prosthetists.”; and
“Registered speech and language therapists.”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
(This note is not part of the Order)