The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/1162
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 4 th June 2008.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Sale or Supply Regulations ” means the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 ; and

“the Child Safety Regulations ” means the Medicines (Child Safety) Regulations 2003 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Sale or Supply Regulations

(1) The Sale or Supply Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (a)—

(a) in the definition of “health prescription”, after “a nurse independent prescriber” insert “, an optometrist independent prescriber”; and

(b) after the definition of “nursing home” insert the following definition—

“optometrist independent prescriber” means a person—

who is a registered optometrist, and

against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as an optometrist independent prescriber;

(3) In Schedule 2 (particulars in pharmacy records), in paragraph 1—

(a) after “a nurse independent prescriber” insert “, an optometrist independent prescriber”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), after “nurse independent prescriber” insert “, optometrist independent prescriber”.

Section 3 Amendment of the Child Safety Regulations

(1) The Child Safety Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2) after the definition of “ nurse prescriber” insert the following definition—

“optometrist independent prescriber” means a person—

who is a registered optometrist, and

against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as an optometrist independent prescriber;

(3) In regulation 3 (exemptions from regulation 2), in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraph (a) after “pharmacist independent prescriber” insert “, optometrist independent prescriber”.