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—

    1. a

      who is a registered paramedic, and

    2. 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