The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services, Charges and Prescribing) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Further amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

21.  In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations(1) (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

(a) in the definition of “prescriber”, for “or an optometrist independent prescriber;” substitute “, an optometrist independent prescriber or a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”;

(b) in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “supplementary prescriber”, after “chiropodists and podiatrists,” insert “dietitians,”; and

(c) after the definition of “supplementary prescriber” insert—

““therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” means a radiographer—

(a)

who is registered in Part 11 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001(2); and

(b)

against whose name in that register is recorded—

(i)

an entitlement to use the title “therapeutic radiographer”, and

(ii)

an annotation signifying that the radiographer is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”.

(1)

Amended by S.I. 2015/137, 570, 1862 and 1879 and 2016/696.

(2)

S.I. 2002/254; article 5 has been amended by S.I. 2009/1182. This Order was so renamed by section 213(4) and (6) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7).