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44.—(1) For the purposes of this regulation, “a relevant prescriber” is—
(a)a chiropodist or podiatrist independent prescriber;
(b)an independent nurse prescriber;
(c)a pharmacist independent prescriber;
(d)a physiotherapist independent prescriber; or
(e)a supplementary prescriber.
(2) The contractor must give notice to the Board where—
(a)a relevant prescriber is employed or engaged by a contractor to perform functions which include prescribing;
(b)a relevant prescriber is a party to the agreement whose functions include prescribing; or
(c)the functions of a relevant prescriber whom the contractor already employs or has already engaged are extended to include prescribing.
(3) The notice under paragraph (2) must be given in writing to the Board before the expiry of the period of seven days beginning with the date on which—
(a)the relevant prescriber was employed or engaged by the contractor or, as the case may be, became a party to the agreement (unless immediately before becoming such a party, paragraph (2)(a) applied to that relevant prescriber); or
(b)the functions of the relevant prescriber were extended to include prescribing.
(4) The contractor must give notice to the Board where—
(a)the contractor ceases to employ or engage a relevant prescriber in the contractor’s practice whose functions include prescribing in the contractor’s practice;
(b)a relevant prescriber ceases to be a party to the agreement;
(c)the functions of a relevant prescriber employed or engaged by the contractor in the contractor’s practice are changed so that they no longer include prescribing in the contractor’s practice; or
(d)the contractor becomes aware that a relevant prescriber whom it employs or engages has been removed or suspended from the relevant register.
(5) The notice under paragraph (4) must be given in writing to the Board before the end of the second working day after the day on which an event described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) occurred in relation to the relevant prescriber.
(6) The contractor must provide the following information when it gives notice to the Board in accordance with paragraph (2)—
(a)the person’s full name;
(b)the person’s professional qualifications;
(c)the person’s identifying number which appears in the relevant register;
(d)the date on which the person’s entry in the relevant register was annotated to the effect that the person was qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances for patients;
(e)the date on which—
(i)the person was employed or engaged (if applicable),
(ii)the person became a party to the agreement (if applicable), or
(iii)the functions of the person were extended to include prescribing in the contractor’s practice.
(7) The contractor must provide the following information when it gives notice to the Board in accordance with paragraph (4)—
(a)the person’s full name;
(b)the person’s professional qualifications;
(c)the person’s identifying number which appears in the relevant register; and
(d)the date on which—
(i)the person ceased to be employed or engaged in the contractor’s practice,
(ii)the person ceased to be a party to the agreement,
(iii)the functions of the person were changed so as to no longer include prescribing in the contractor’s practice, or
(iv)the person was removed or suspended from the relevant register.
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