SCHEDULE 6Terms of service of dispensing doctors
F1Supply in accordance with a LPIV3C
1
Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, where—
a
a dispensing doctor (D) receives a LPIV; and
b
a person who is entitled to be supplied by D (Part 8 and this Schedule having that effect) with a prescription item ordered on the LPIV requests the provision of the item in accordance with that LPIV,
D must, with reasonable promptness, provide the prescription item so ordered.
2
If a person who is entitled as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) asks D to do so—
a
D must give an estimate of the time when the prescription item will be ready; and
b
if they are not ready by then, D must give a revised estimate of the time when the item will be ready (until it is ready).
3
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where arrangements are in place for the provision of the item ordered on the LPIV as part of a directed service which includes arrangements for the provision of such an item ordered on such a LPIV.