Sale or supply of prescription only medicines
214.—(1) A person may not sell or supply a prescription only medicine except in accordance with a prescription given by an appropriate practitioner.
(2) A person may not parenterally administer (otherwise than to himself or herself) a prescription only medicine unless the person is—
(a)an appropriate practitioner other than an EEA health professional; or
(b)acting in accordance with the directions of such an appropriate practitioner.
(3) The following are appropriate practitioners in relation to any prescription only medicine—
(a)a doctor;
(b)a dentist;
(c)a supplementary prescriber;
(d)a nurse independent prescriber; and
(e)a pharmacist independent prescriber.
(4) A community practitioner nurse prescriber is an appropriate practitioner in relation to a prescription only medicine specified in Schedule 13.
(5) An optometrist independent prescriber is an appropriate practitioner in relation to any prescription only medicine other than—
(a)a medicinal product that is a controlled drug; or
(b)a medicinal product that is for parenteral administration.
(6) An EEA health professional is an appropriate practitioner in relation to any prescription only medicine other than a controlled drug.
(7) This regulation is subject to Chapter 3 (exemptions).