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Exemptions for doctors and dentists etcU.K.
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223.—(1) Regulation 214(1) does not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a doctor or dentist to a patient of that doctor or dentist.
(2) Regulations 220 and 221 do not apply to the sale, offer for sale, or supply of a medicinal product by a doctor or dentist—
(a)to a patient of the doctor or dentist, or
(b)to a person under whose care such a patient is.
(3) Regulations 220 and 221 do not apply to the sale, offer for sale or supply of a medicinal product in the course of the business of a hospital or health centre, where—
(a)the product is sold, offered for sale or supplied for the purposes of being administered to a person (whether in the hospital or health centre or elsewhere) in accordance with directions relating to that person; and
(b)those directions have been given by—
(i)a doctor,
(ii)a dentist,
(iii)a supplementary prescriber,
(iv)a pharmacist independent prescriber,
(v)an optometrist independent prescriber,
[F1(vi)a nurse independent prescriber,
(vii)a community practitioner nurse prescriber,
(viii)a podiatrist independent prescriber, F2...
(ix)a physiotherapist independent prescriber]F3...
[F4(x)a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber][F5, or
(xi)a paramedic independent prescriber.]
(4) Regulations 220 and 221 do not apply to the sale or supply of a medicinal product to which paragraph (5) applies where—
(a)the product is sold or supplied by a registered midwife in the course of the registered midwife's professional practice; or
(b)the product is delivered or administered by a registered midwife on being supplied the product under arrangements made by the Secretary of State or the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety.
(5) The products to which this paragraph applies are—
(a)medicinal products that are not prescription only medicines;
(b)prescription only medicines which by virtue of an exemption conferred under regulation 235(1) and 235(3) and Part 1 of Schedule 17 may be sold or supplied by a registered midwife otherwise than in accordance with a prescription given by a doctor or a dentist; and
(c)prescription only medicines which by virtue of an exemption conferred under regulation 235(3) and Part 3 of Schedule 17 may be administered by a registered midwife or a student midwife otherwise than in accordance with a prescription given by a doctor or a dentist.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 223(3)(b)(vi)-(ix) substituted for reg. 223(3)(b)(vi)(vii) (20.8.2013) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1855), regs. 1(1), 27
F2Word in reg. 223(3)(b)(viii) omitted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2016) by virtue of The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/186), regs. 1, 10(2)(a) and word in reg. 223(3)(b)(viii) omitted (N.I.) (1.4.2016) by virtue of The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.R. 2016/407), regs. 1, 10(2)(a)
F3Word in reg. 223(3)(b)(ix) omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/199), regs. 1, 7(2)(a) and word in reg. 223(3)(b)(ix) omitted (N.I.) (1.4.2018) by virtue of The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.R. 2018/64), regs. 1, 7(2)(a)
F4Reg. 223(3)(b)(x) and preceding word inserted (E.W.S.) (1.4.2016) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/186), regs. 1, 10(2)(b) and reg. 223(3)(b)(x) and preceding word inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2016) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.R. 2016/407), regs. 1, 10(2)(b)
F5Reg. 223(3)(b)(xi) and preceding word inserted (1.4.2018) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/199), regs. 1, 7(2)(b) and reg. 223(3)(b)(xi) and preceding word inserted (N.I.) (1.4.2018) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.R. 2018/64), regs. 1, 7(2)(b)
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