2B

In item 1 “appropriate practitioner” means—

a

a registered medical practitioner3;

b

a person registered in the dentists’ register under the Dentists Act 19844;

c

a community practitioner nurse prescriber;

d

a nurse independent prescriber;

e

an optometrist independent prescriber;

f

a pharmacist independent prescriber;

g

a supplementary prescriber.

• For the purposes of this Note “community practitioner nurse prescriber”, “nurse independent prescriber”, “optometrist independent prescriber”, “pharmacist independent prescriber” and “supplementary prescriber” have the meanings given in article 1(2) of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 19975.

2C

In item 1 “registered pharmacist” means a person who is—

a

registered in the Register of Pharmacists maintained under the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 20076, or

b

registered in the register of pharmaceutical chemists kept under the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 19767.

2D

In item 1 “relevant provision” means—

a

article 57 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 19728;

b

regulation 20 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 19929;

c

regulation 12 of the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199710;

d

paragraph 44 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 200411;

e

paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Regulations 200412;

f

paragraphs 47 and 49 of Schedule 6 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 200413;

g

paragraph 44 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200414;

h

paragraphs 46, 48 and 49 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 200415;

i

paragraph 47 of Schedule 6 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 200416;

j

regulation 60 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 200517.