PART 3Amendments relating to therapeutic radiographer independent prescribers and dietitian supplementary prescribers
Amendment of the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 201524
In regulation 3 of the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 201513 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
a
in the definition of “prescriber”—
i
omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (f),
ii
in paragraph (g), for “prescriber,” substitute “prescriber; and”, and
iii
after paragraph (g) insert—
h
a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber,
b
in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”, in sub-paragraph (b)(iv)—
i
omit “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (bb), and
ii
after sub-paragraph (cc) insert the following sub-paragraph—
dd
dietitians, or
c
after the definition of “temporary resident” 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; 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;