PART 4AMENDMENT OF THE PHARMACY AND GENERAL SALE ORDER
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Pharmacy and General Sale Order9
1
In the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1—
a
in paragraph 2, in column 1, for “registered ophthalmic opticians”, substitute “registered optometrists”; and
b
after paragraph 2, insert the following new paragraph—
2A. Additional supply optometrists
2A.Medicinal products which are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain any of the following substances:
Acetylcysteine
Atropine sulphate
Azelastine hydrochloride
Dicofenac sodium
Emadastine
Homotropine hydrobromide
Ketotifen
Levocabastine
Lodoximide
Nedocromil sodium
Olopatadine
Pilocarpine hydrochloride
Polymyxin B/bacitracin
Polymyxin B/trimethoprim
Sodium Cromoglycate
2A.The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice and only in an emergency.
2
In the table in Part II of Schedule 1, after paragraph 6, insert the following new paragraph—
6A. Persons employed or engaged in the provision of lawful drug treatment
6A. Ampoules of sterile water for injection containing not more than 2 ml of sterile water.
6A. The supply shall be only in the course of provision of lawful drug treatment services.