9. In regulation 3 of the PMS Agreements Regulations (interpretation)(1)—
(a)after the definition of “out of hours services” insert—
““paramedic independent prescriber” means a person—
who is either engaged or employed by the contractor or who is a party to the agreement;
who is registered in the register maintained by the Health and Care Professions Council under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 (establishment and maintenance of register)(2); and
against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that that person is qualified to order drugs, medicines or appliances as a paramedic independent prescriber;”;
(b)for the definition of “prescriber” substitute—
““prescriber” means—
a chiropodist or podiatrist independent prescriber;
an independent nurse prescriber;
a medical practitioner;
an optometrist independent prescriber;
a paramedic independent prescriber;
a pharmacist independent prescriber;
a physiotherapist independent prescriber;
a supplementary prescriber; and
a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”;
(c)in the definition of “relevant register”, for paragraph (d)(i) to (iii) substitute—
“(i)chiropodists and podiatrists,
(ii)paramedics,
(iii)physiotherapists, or
(iv)radiographers;”; and
(d)in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”, for paragraph (b)(iv) substitute—
“(iv)the register maintained by the Health and Care Professions Council under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 (establishment and maintenance of register) relating to—
(aa)chiropodists and podiatrists,
(bb)dieticians,
(cc)paramedics,
(dd)physiotherapists, or
(ee)radiographers, or”.
Relevant amendments to regulation 3 were made by S.I. 2016/1077.