Amendment of the National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) Regulations 20073
1
The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Wales) Regulations 20074 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
a
in the appropriate place in the alphabetical order insert the following definitions—
“paramedic independent prescriber” (“parafeddyg-ragnodydd annibynnol”) means a person—
- a
who is a registered paramedic, and
- b
against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a paramedic independent prescriber;
“registered paramedic” (“parafeddyg cofrestredig”) means a person registered in Part 8 of the Health and Care Professions Council register;
b
in the definition of “prescriber”—
i
in paragraph (g) omit “; and” and after “prescriber” insert “,”;
ii
in paragraph (h) after “prescriber; insert “and”;
iii
after paragraph (h) insert—
i
a paramedic independent prescriber,
c
in the definition of “relevant register” after paragraph (c)(ia) insert—
ib
paramedics;
d
in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—
i
after “dietitians,” omit “or”; and
ii
after paragraph (a)(iv)(dd) insert—
ee
paramedics, or