Additional requirements in relation to electronic prescribingU.K.
9.—(1) The LPS contractor (C) must, if requested to do so by any person—
(a)explain to that person the Electronic Prescription Service, whether or not it is a service which is available through C's scheme premises; and
(b)where the Electronic Prescription Service is not available through C's scheme premises, provide that person with contact details of at least two pharmacies in the area through which the service is available, if these details are known to C.
(2) Where the Electronic Prescription Service is available through C's scheme premises, C must, if requested to do so by any person, enter in that person's PDS patient details—
(a)where the person does not have a nominated dispensing contractor, the dispensing contractor chosen by the person; or
(b)where the person does have a nominated dispensing contractor—
(i)a replacement dispensing contractor, or
(ii)a further dispensing contractor,
chosen by that person.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) does not apply if the number of nominated dispensing contractors for that person would thereby exceed the maximum number permitted by the Electronic Prescription Service.
(4) If C is a nominated dispensing contractor for a person (X) but the nomination was made before C became the person specified in an LPS scheme in relation to the scheme premises nominated in X's PDS patient details, C must within 6 months of C becoming the person so specified—
(a)explain to X that the ownership of the scheme premises has changed; and
(b)ask X whether X wishes to maintain the nomination in respect of those scheme premises.