The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/121
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 14th February 2000.

Section 2 Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992

In the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992 , in regulation 2(1A) (which describes nurse prescribers who may issue prescription forms)–

(a) for head (iii) of sub-paragraph (a) substitute–

(iii) is, at the time of ordering the listed drug or medicine or listed appliance–

(aa) employed as a district nurse by a Health Authority or an NHS trust;

(bb) employed as a nurse, by a doctor whose name is included in a medical list;

(cc) assisting in the performance of personal medical services under a pilot scheme; or

(dd) assisting, in the capacity of a nurse, in the provision of services in a Walk-in Centre which, in this regulation, means a Centre at which information and treatment for minor conditions is provided to the public under arrangements made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State; or

(b) for head (ii) of sub-paragraph (b) substitute–

(ii) is, at the time of ordering the listed drug or medicine or listed appliance–

(aa) employed as a health visitor by a Health Authority or an NHS trust;

(bb) employed as a nurse, by a doctor whose name is included in a medical list;

(cc) assisting in the performance of personal medical services under a pilot scheme; or

(dd) assisting, in the capacity of a nurse, in the provision of services in a Walk-in Centre;