Amendment of Schedule 3A to the POM Order

2.  In the table in Schedule 3A to the POM Order(1) (substances which may be prescribed, administered or directed for administration by extended formulary nurse prescribers and conditions for such prescription or administration), in column 1, insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entries set out in column 1 below, and in column 2, insert, against those entries, the corresponding entries in column 2 below—

Column 1Column 2
BuprenorphineTransdermal administration in palliative care
Chlordiazepoxide hydrochlorideOral
Diamorphine hydrochlorideOral and parenteral
FentanylTransdermal administration in palliative care
Morphine sulphateOral, parenteral and rectal
Morphine hydrochlorideRectal
Oxycodone hydrochlorideOral and parenteral administration in palliative care
(1)

Schedule 3A was inserted by S.I. 2002/549, and amended by S.I. 2003/696 and 2915, 2004/2, 1189 and 2693, and 2005/765 and 1507.