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9.—(1) The Secretary of State shall recognise bodies that are suitable to provide training for suitably qualified persons to prescribe and supply veterinary medicinal products classified as POM-VPS and NFA-VPS.
(2) In order to recognise such a body, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the body—
(a)has an adequate training programme;
(b)has adequate standards in deciding whether or not to register someone as a suitably qualified person;
(c)maintains a programme of continuing development for persons registered with it;
(d)operates an adequate appeal system if it intends to refuse to register anyone with appropriate qualifications or to remove anyone from the register.
(3) To become a suitably qualified person it is necessary to pass examinations set by such a body, and to be registered with such a body.
(4) The supply of products permitted to be supplied by a suitably qualified person must take place from premises approved by the Secretary of State as being suitable for the storage and supply of veterinary medicinal products and the suitably qualified person must be present at each supply of such product.
(5) The Secretary of State may issue a Code of Practice for suitably qualified persons, and a body recognised under this paragraph shall ensure that a suitably qualified person registered with it complies with the Code of Practice.
(6) The Secretary of State shall publish a list of persons registered and premises approved under this paragraph.
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