Amendment of regulation 2 of the 2001 Regulations2

In regulation 2 of the 2001 Regulations (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

a

omit the definition of “extended formulary nurse prescriber”3;

b

after the definition of “medicinal product” insert the following definition—

  • “nurse independent prescriber” has the same meaning as in the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 19974, and such a person may only prescribe controlled drugs in accordance with regulation 6B;

c

in the definition of “prescription”, for “an extended formulary nurse prescriber”5 substitute “a nurse independent prescriber”.