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—

    1. a

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

    2. b

      against whose name in that register is recorded—

      1. i

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

      2. ii

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