PART 5 Amendments to Schedule 3 to the 2013 Regulations

Amendment to paragraph 5

100.  In paragraph 5 (prescriptions)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) for “oral” substitute “verbal”;

(ii) after “POM-VPS” insert “or a veterinary medicinal product prescribed under the cascade”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Where a veterinary medicinal product is supplied in accordance with a prescription which is not a written prescription, the person who prescribes the product must make a record of the reason for prescribing the product.

(1B) A record made in accordance with sub-paragraph (1A) must be kept by the person mentioned in that sub-paragraph for a period of five years from the date on which the product is prescribed”;

(c) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) No person may submit a written prescription to a retailer on more than one occasion where the prescription is not repeatable.”.