Subject to regulations 49, 50, 52 and 53(2)(b) to (4), where a prescriber orders a drug, medicine or appliance by means of an electronic repeatable prescription, the prescriber must issue the prescription in a format appropriate for F3electronic repeat dispensingF5where it is clinically appropriate to do so for that patient on that occasion.

In this regulation, “electronic repeat dispensing” means dispensing as part of pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services which involves the provision of drugs, medicines or appliances accordance with an electronic repeatable prescription.