The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/1189
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 18th May 2004.

(2) In this Order, “the principal Order ” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 .

Section 2 Amendment of article 1 of the principal Order

In article 1(2) of the principal Order (interpretation), in the appropriate alphabetical place, insert the following definitions—

“registered dietitian” means a person who is registered in Part 4 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001 ;

“registered occupational therapist” means a person who is registered in Part 6 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;

“registered orthotist and prosthetist” means a person who is registered in Part 10 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;

“registered speech and language therapist” means a person who is registered in Part 12 of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;

Section 3 Amendment of Schedule 3A to the principal Order

In Schedule 3A to the principal Order (substances which may be prescribed, administered or directed for administration by extended formulary nurse prescribers and conditions for such prescription or administration), in the table—

(a) for the entry “Clavulanic acid”, in column 1 add “(as potassium clavulanate)” after “Clavulanic acid”;

(b) for the entry “Hydrocortisone acetate”, in column 2 add “or aural” after “External use”;

(c) for the entry “hyoscine butylbromide”, in column 2 omit “or transdermal” after “Parenteral”; and

(d) in column 1 insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entry set out in column 1 below, and in column 2 insert, against that entry, the corresponding entry in column 2 below—

Section 4 Amendment of Schedule 5 to the principal Order

In Schedule 5 to the principal Order (exemption for certain persons from section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968), in the list in column 2 of entry 9 of Part III, at the appropriate alphabetical place, insert the following entries—

“Reteplase”; and

“Tenecteplase”.

Section 5 Amendment of Schedule 7 to the principal Order

In Schedule 7 to the principal Order (classes of individual by whom prescription only medicines may be supplied or administered), at the end of the list in Part III add—

“Registered dietitians.”;

“Registered occupational therapists.”;

“Registered orthotists and prosthetists.”; and

“Registered speech and language therapists.”