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The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services and Charges for Drugs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1988-06-20
State In force
Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Made: 20th June 1988

Laid before Parliament: 28th June 1988

Coming into force: 1st August 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 19, 27, 69 and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services and Charges for Drugs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974

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(6A) An application, in any case other than that specified in paragraph (3)(b), which is made by a person who qualified to have his name registered under the Pharmacy Act 1954[^f00004]by virtue of section 4A of that Act (qualification by European diploma) shall not be granted unless the applicant satisfies the Board that he has the knowledge of English which, in the interests of himself and persons making use of the services to which the application relates, is necessary for the provision of pharmaceutical services in the Board’s area.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1980

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(1A) For the purposes of this regulation, where a quantity of a drug ordered on one prescription form is ordered to be supplied by instalments during a period of not more than 14 days, only one charge shall be payable and it shall be payable upon the supply of the first instalment.

(1A) For the purposes of this regulation, where a doctor supplies a quantity of a drug by instalments during a period of not more than 14 days, only one charge shall be payable and it shall be payable upon the supply of the first instalment.

Signed

Michael B Forsyth — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 20th June 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 which regulate the terms on which doctors and chemists provide general medical services and pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Regulation 2(2) provides that (except in cases of minor relocation of premises) an application to a Health Board by a person qualified to have his name registered by virtue of section 4A of the Pharmacy Act 1954 (qualification by European diploma) for inclusion in a list of persons providing pharmaceutical services shall not be granted unless the applicant has the necessary knowledge of English.

Schedule 2A to the aforementioned Regulations lists drugs and other substances which cannot be supplied by doctors, or prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services. Regulations 2(3) and (4) delete some drugs and substances from, and add others to, that list.

These Regulations also amend the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1980 by providing, that where a supply of a quantity of a drug is made to a patient by way of instalments over a period not exceeding 14 days, only one prescription charge will be payable and it will be payable on the supply of the first instalment.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1978 c. 29; section 19 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), section 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 7, paragraph 2, and by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 17(a); section 27 was amended by the 1980 Act, section 20(2), by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(3) and by S.I. 1987/2202; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1974/506; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/296, 534, 804 and 1713, 1986/303, 925, 1507 and 2310, and 1987/385 and 1382.

[^f00003]: Regulation 28 was substituted by S.I. 1987/385

[^f00004]: 1954 c. 61; section 4A was inserted by S.I. 1987/2202

[^f00005]: Schedule 2A was inserted by S.I. 1985/296; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/534, 804 and 1713, 1986/303, 925, 1507 and 2310, and 1987/1382

[^f00006]: S.I. 1980/1674; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1983/1172 and 1988/365

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