National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) Regulations 2004

Drugs, medicines and other substances that may be ordered only in certain circumstancesE+W

3.  A drug, medicine or other substance specified in an entry in column 1 of Schedule 2 may not be ordered for a patient in the provision of medical services under a general medical services contract unless—

(a)that patient is a person of a description mentioned in column 2 of that entry; and

(b)that drug, medicine or other substance is prescribed for that patient only for the purpose specified in column 3 of that entry.