The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997

SCHEDULE 2 — SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CLASS OF PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES AT HIGH DILUTION

Column 1	Circumstances excluding medicinal products from the class of prescription only medicines	Circumstances excluding medicinal products from the class of prescription only medicines	Circumstances excluding medicinal products from the class of prescription only medicines
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Substance	Maximum strength	Pharmaceutical Form	Maximum Dose
Codeine and its salts	Equivalent of 1.5 per cent of codeine monohydrate		Equivalent of 20 mg of codeine monohydrate
Dihydrocodeine and its salts	Equivalent of 1.5 per cent of dihydrocodeine		Equivalent of 10 mg of dihydrocodeine
Ethylmorphine andits salts	Equivalent of 0.2 per cent of ethylmorphine		Equivalent of 7.5 mg of ethylmorphine
Morphine and its salts	(1) Equivalent of 0.02 per cent anhydrous morphine	(1) Liquid	(1) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
Morphine and its salts	(2) Equivalent of 0.04 per cent of anhydrous morphine; equivalent of 300 mcg of anhydrous morphine	(2) Solid	(2) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
Medicinal Opium	(1) Equivalent of 0.02 per cent of anhydrous morphine	(1) Liquid	(1) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
Medicinal Opium	(2) Equivalent of 0.04 per cent of anhydrous morphine	(2) Solid	(2) Equivalent of 3 mg of anhydrous morphine
Pholcodine and its salts	Equivalent of 1.5 per cent of pholcodine monohydrate		Equivalent of 20 mg of pholcodine monohydrate

SCHEDULE 3 — DESCRIPTIONS AND CLASSES OF PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINES IN RELATION TO WHICH community practitioner nurse prescribers ARE APPROPRIATE PRACTITIONERS

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SCHEDULE 4 — SUBSTANCES NOT TO BE CONTAINED IN A PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINE SOLD OR SUPPLIED UNDER THE EXEMPTION CONFERRED BY ARTICLE 8(3)

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SCHEDULE 5 — EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PERSONS FROM SECTION 58(2) OF THE ACT

PART I — EXEMPTION FROM RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OR SUPPLY

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Persons exempted	Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies	Conditions
1. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to universities, other institutions concerned with higher education or institutions concerned with research.	1. All prescription only medicines	The sale or supply shall be– subject to the presentation of an order signed by the principal of the institution concerned with education or research or the appropriate head of department in charge of a specified course of research stating– the name of the institution for which the prescription only medicine is required, the purpose for which the prescription only medicine is required, and the total quantity required, and for the purposes of the education or research with which the institution is concerned.
Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to any of the following– a public analyst appointed under section 27 of the Food Safety Act 1990[^f00021] or article 36 of the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989[^f00022], an authorized officer within the meaning of section 5(6) of the Food Safety Act 1990, a sampling officer within the meaning of article 38(1) of the Food (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, a person duly authorized by an enforcement authority under sections 111 and 112, a sampling officer within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Act.	2. All prescription only medicines.	2. The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by or on behalf of any person listed in column 1 of this paragraph stating the status of the person signing it and the amount of prescription only medicine required, and shall be only in connection with the exercise by those persons of their statutory functions.
3. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to any person employed or engaged in connection with a scheme for testing the quality and checking the amount of the drugs and appliances supplied under the National Health Service Act 1977[^f00023], the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978[^f00024] and the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972[^f00025], or under any subordinate legislation made under those Acts or that Order.	3. All prescription only medicines.	The sale or supply shall be– subject to the presentation of an order signed by or on behalf of the person so employed or engaged stating the status of the person signing it and the amount of prescription only medicine required, and for the purposes of a scheme referred to in column 1 in this paragraph.
4. Registered midwives.	Prescription only medicines containing any of the following substances– Chloral hydrate Ergometrine maleate Pentazocine hydrochloride Triclofos sodium.	4. The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice and in the case of Ergometrine maleate only when contained in a medicinal product which is not for parenteral administration.
5. Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69.	Prescription only medicines which are not for parenteral administration and which– are eyes drops and are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain not more than 0.5 per cent Chloramphenicol, or are eye ointments and are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain not more than 1.0 per cent Chloramphenicol, or are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain any of the following substances: Atropine sulphate Bethanecol chloride Carbachol Cyclopentolate hydrochloride Homatropine hydrobromide Naphazoline hydrochloride Naphazoline nitrate Physostigmine salicylate Physostigmine sulphate Pilocarpine hydrochloride Pilocarpine nitrate Tropicamide.	5. The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by a registered ophthalmic optician.
6. Registered ophthalmic opticians.	6. Prescription only medicines listed in column 2 of paragraph 5.	The sale or supply shall be only– in the course of their professional practice and in an emergency.
7. Persons selling or supplying prescription only medicines to the British Standards Institution.	7. All prescription only medicines.	The sale or supply shall be– subject to the presentation of an order signed on behalf of the British Standards Institution stating the status of the person signing it and the amount of the prescription only medicine required, and only for the purpose of testing containers of medicinal products or determining the standards for such containers.
8. Holders of marketing authorizations, product licences or manufacturer’s licences.	8. Prescription only medicines referred to in the authorizations or licences.	The sale or supply shall be only– to a pharmacist, so as to enable that pharmacist to prepare an entry relating to the prescription only medicine in question in a tablet or capsule identification guide or similar publication, and of no greater quantity than is reasonably necessary for that purpose.
9. Pharmacists selling or supplying to persons to whom cyanide salts may be sold by virtue of section 3 (regulation of poisons) or section 4 (exclusion of sales by wholesale and certain other sales) of the Poisons Act 1972[^f00026] or by virtue of article 5 (prohibitions and regulations with respect to sale of poisons) or article 6 (exemption with respect to certain sales) of the Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976[^f00027].	9. Amyl nitrite.	9. The sale or supply shall only be so far as is necessary to enable an antidote to be available to persons at risk of cyanide poisoning.

PART II — EXEMPTIONS FROM THE RESTRICTION ON SUPPLY

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Persons exempted	Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies	Conditions
1. Royal National Lifeboat Institution and certified first aiders of the Institution.	1. All prescription only medicines.	1. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the the treatment of sick or injured persons in the exercise of the functions of the Institution.
2. The owner or the master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement.	2. All prescription only medicines.	2. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the ship.
3. Persons authorized by licences granted under regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations to supply a controlled drug.	3. Such prescription only medicines, being controlled drugs, as are specified in the licence.	3. The supply shall be subject to such conditions and in such circumstances and to such an extent as may be specified in the licence.
3A. Persons employed or engaged in the provision of lawful drug treatment services.	3A. Ampoules of sterile water for injection containing not more than 2 ml of sterile water.	3A. The supply shall be only in the course of provision of lawful drug treatment services.
4. Persons requiring prescription only medicines for the purpose of enabling them, in the course of any business carried on by them, to comply with any requirements made by or in pursuance of any enactment with respect to the medical treatment of their employees.	4. Such prescription only medicines as may be specified in the relevant enactment.	The supply shall be–for the purpose of enabling them to comply with any requirements made by or in pursuance of any such enactment, andsubject to such conditions and in such circumstances as may be specified in the relevant enactment.
5. Persons operating an occupational health scheme.	5. Prescription only medicines sold or supplied to a person operating an occupational health scheme in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor or a registered nurse.	—The supply shall be in the course of an occupational health scheme.The individual supplying the prescription only medicine, if not a doctor, shall be a registered nurse acting in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used in the course of the occupational health scheme.
6. The operator or commander of an aircraft.	6. Prescription only medicines which are not for parenteral administration and which have been sold or supplied to the operator or commander of the aircraft in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor.	6. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the immediate treatment of sick or injured persons on the aircraft and shall be in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used on the aircraft.
7. Persons employed as qualified first-aid personnel on offshore installations.	7. All prescription only medicines.	7. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the installation.
8. Persons who hold a certificate in first aid from the Mountain Rescue Council of England and Wales, or from the Northern Ireland Mountain Rescue Co-ordinating Committee.	8 Prescription only medicines supplied to a person specified in column 1 in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor.	8 The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons in the course of providing mountain rescue services.
9. Persons (“P”) who are members of Her Majesty’s armed forces.	9. All prescription only medicines.	9. The supply shall be— in the course of P undertaking any function as a member of Her Majesty’s armed forces; andwhere P is satisfied that it is not practicable for another person who is legally entitled to supply a prescription only medicine to do so; andonly in so far as is necessary—for the treatment of a sick or injured person in a medical emergency, orto prevent ill-health where there is a risk that a person would suffer ill-health if the prescription only medicine is not supplied.

PART III — EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRICTION ON ADMINISTRATION Column 1

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Persons exempted	Prescription only medicines to which the exemption applies	Conditions
1. Registered chiropodists or podiatrists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines specified in column 2..	Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration that contain...– Adrenaline Bupivacaine hydrochlorideBupivacaine hydrochloride with adrenaline where the maximum strength of the adrenaline does not exceed 1 mg in 200 ml of bupivacaine hydrochloride Levobupivacaine hydrochloride Lignocaine hydrochlorideLignocaine hydrochloride with adrenaline where the maximum strength of the adrenaline does not exceed 1 mg in 200 ml of lignocaine hydrochloride Mepivacaine hydrochloride Methylprednisolone Prilocaine hydrochloride. Ropivacaine hydrochloride	1. The administration shall be only in the course of their professional practice and where the medicine includes a combination of substances listed under item 1 in column 2, those substances shall not be combined by the chiropodist or podiatrist.
2. Registered midwives and student midwives.	Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration containing any of the following substances but no other substance specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order– AdrenalineAnti-D immunoglobulinCarboprost cyclizine lactate DiamorphineErgometrine maleateGelofusine...Hartmann’s solutionHepatitis B vaccineHepatitis immunoglobulinLidocaineLidocaine hydrochlorideMorphineNaloxone hydrochlorideOxytocins, natural and syntheticPethidine hydrochloridePhytomenadioneProchloperazineSodium chloride 0.9%.	The medicine shall—in the case of Lignocaine, Lignocaine hydrochloride and Promazine hydrochloride, be administered only while attending on a woman in childbirth, andwhere administration is—by a registered midwife, be administered in the course of their professional practice;by a student midwife—be administered under the direct supervision of a registered midwife; andnot include Diamorphine, Morphine or Pethidine hydrochloride.
3. Persons who are authorized as members of a group by a group authority granted under regulations 8(3) or 9(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations to supply a controlled drug by way of administration only.	3. Prescription only medicines that are specified in the group authority.	3. The administration shall be subject to such conditions and in such circumstances and to such extent as may be specified in the group authority.
4. The owner or master of a ship which does not carry a doctor on board as part of her complement.	4. All prescription only medicines that are for parenteral administration.	4. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the ship.
5. Persons operating an occupational health scheme.	5. Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration sold or supplied to the person operating an occupational health scheme in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor or a registered nurse.	—The administration shall be in the course of an occupational health scheme.The individual administering the prescription only medicine, if neither a doctor nor acting in accordance with the directions of a doctor, shall be a registered nurse acting in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used in the course of the occupational health scheme.
6. The operator or commander of an aircraft.	6. Prescription only medicines for parenteral administration which have been sold or supplied to the operator or commander of the aircraft in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor.	6. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the immediate treatment of sick or injured persons on the aircraft and shall be in accordance with the written instructions of a doctor as to the circumstances in which prescription only medicines of the description in question are to be used on the aircraft.
7. Persons who are, and at 11th February 1982 were, persons customarily administering medicinal products to human beings by parenteral administration in the course of a business in the field of osteopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture or other similar field except chiropody.	7. Medicinal products that are prescription only medicines by reason only that they fall within the class specified in article 3(c) (products for parenteral administration).	7. The person administering the prescription only medicine shall have been requested by or on behalf of the person to whom it is administered and in that person’s presence to use his own judgement as to the treatment required.
8. Persons employed as qualified first-aid personnel on offshore installations.	8. All prescription only medicines that are for parenteral administration.	8. The administration shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of persons on the installation.
9. Persons who hold a certificate of proficiency in ambulance paramedic skills issued by, or with the approval of, the Secretary of State or persons who are registered paramedics.	The following prescription only medicines for parenteral administration–Diazepam 5 mg per ml emulsion for injection;Succinylated Modified Fluid Gelatin 4 per cent intravenous infusion; medicines containing the substances Ergometrine Maleate 500mcg per ml with Oxytocin 5 iu per ml, but no other active ingredientprescription only medicines containing one or more of the following substances, but no active ingredient–Adrenaline Acid Tartrate Adrenaline Hydrochloride Amiodarone Anhydrous Glucose Benzylpenicillin Bretylium TosylateCompound Sodium Lactate Intravenous Infusion (Hartmann’s Solution)Ergometrine Maleate FrusemideGlucoseHeparin SodiumLignocaine Hydrochloride Metoclopramide Morphine SulphateNalbuphine HydrochlorideNaloxone HydrochloridePolygeline Reteplase Sodium BicarbonateSodium Chloride Streptokinase Tenecteplase.	9. The administration shall be only for the immediate, necessary treatment of sick or injured persons and in the case of a prescription only medicine containing Heparin Sodium shall be only for the purpose of cannula flushing.
10 . Persons (“P”) who are members of Her Majesty’s armed forces.	10. All prescription only medicines.	10. The administration shall be—in the course of P undertaking any function as a member of Her Majesty’s armed forces; andwhere P is satisfied that it is not practicable for another person who is legally entitled to administer a prescription only medicine to do so; andonly in so far as is necessary—for the treatment of a sick or injured person in a medical emergency, orto prevent ill-health where there is a risk that a person would suffer ill-health if the prescription only medicine is not administered.

SCHEDULE 6 — ORDERS REVOKED

Column 1	Column 2
Orders	References
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983	S.I. 1983/1212
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1984	S.I. 1984/756
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1986	S.I. 1986/586
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1987	S.I. 1987/674
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1987	S.I. 1987/1250
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1988	S.I. 1988/2017
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1991	S.I. 1991/962
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1992	S.I. 1992/1534
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1992	S.I. 1992/2937
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1993	S.I. 1993/1890
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1993	S.I. 1993/3256
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1994	S.I. 1994/558
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1994	S.I. 1994/3016
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1994	S.I. 1994/3050
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1995	S.I. 1995/1384
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1995	S.I. 1995/3174
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1996	S.I. 1996/1514
The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1996	S.I. 1996/3193

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Baroness Jay — Minister of State, — Department of Health — 1997-07-21

Win Griffiths — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office — 1997-07-25

Sam Galbraith — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office — 1997-07-23

Jeff Rooker — Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 1997-07-25

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 22nd July 1997.

D. C. Gowdy — Permanent Secretary

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 18th July 1997.

P. Small — Permanent Secretary

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order consolidates with amendments the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983 as amended. That Order and the Orders amending it (“the 1983 Order as amended”) are revoked by article 16 and Schedule 6.

This Order specifies the descriptions and classes of prescription only medicines (i.e. medicinal products which, subject to exemptions, may be sold or supplied by retail only in accordance with a prescription given by an appropriate practitioner and which may be administered only by or in accordance with the directions of such a practitioner). Many medicinal products are included in a class of such medicines by reason of the substances contained in them (seeSchedule 1) but others are included because of other criteria, such as their method of administration (seearticle 3). In many cases the provisions of the Act apply subject to exemptions (seearticles 4 and 5 to 13 and Schedule 1).

The principal amendments relate to those medicines in respect of which marketing authorizations have been granted by the European Community. They include as prescription only medicines those medicines in respect of which such an authorization has been granted which classifies a medicine as being subject to medical prescription (article 3(f)). They exclude from the class of prescription only medicines those medicines in respect of which such an authorization provides for supply which is not subject to medical prescription (article 6(3)).

The differences between this Order and the 1983 Order as amended are in the main technical changes concerning the location of provisions such as the division of material in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Order as amended between the new Schedules 1 and 2. But within the new Schedule 1 there are changes which relate to–

• (a) the deletion from Column 1 of substances which are no longer used in those medicinal products which are on the market;

• (b) the use of current names for the substances which are specified in that Column where their names have changed;

• (c) the incorporation in that Schedule of provisions from article 4 of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the 1983 Order as amended so that they may be found more easily;

• (d) a change in the legal base for the entries in Columns 2 to 4 so that those entries now form the criteria for exemptions from the sale or supply requirements of section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968 instead of the criteria for excluding medicinal products from the class of prescription only medicines (see alsoarticle 5);

• (e) the introduction of a fifth Column which specifies the maximum pack sizes to which exemptions apply.

As this order will impose no additional costs to business a compliance cost assessment has not been prepared.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1968 c. 67. Section 58 has been amended by the Prescription by Nurses Etc. Act 1992 (c. 28), section 1. The expression “the appropriate Ministers” is defined in section 1(2) of the Medicines Act 1968.

[^f00002]: In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388); in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with Agriculture in Wales by virtue of article 2(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272) and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).

[^f00020]: See S.I. 1979/382 amended by S.I. 1980/263 and S.I. 1989/1124.

Editorial notes

[^key-cda2217943284c29f46e5e39c84655b8]: Word in Sch. 1 substituted (16.9.1997) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2044), arts. 1(1), 2(a)

[^key-1a809b90a56f25c61f9517b3525125bf]: Words in Sch. 1 omitted (16.9.1997) by virtue of The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2044), arts. 1(1), 2(b)

[^key-5156a271117d4d7c025b4c694b36b4d2]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (13.2.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/108), arts. 1, 3(a)

[^key-ba71a91cbc7f307ed7a42e826812f4e0]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (13.2.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/108), arts. 1, 3(b)

[^key-801eece059201de4e39dd32a6decbe49]: Words in Sch. 1 added (13.2.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/108), arts. 1, 3(c)

[^key-0de4b58f84ed6610899840959da6f055]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (13.2.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/108), arts. 1, 3(d)

[^key-af5713351a186875fe14166560eb3719]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (13.2.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/108), arts. 1, 3(e)(i)

[^key-b181759d6c7acadcc1e2be1c791b7593]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (1.6.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 2(a)

[^key-adf0ef68065e1ed7598495a252e8dee8]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.6.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 2(b)

[^key-a3e4603315eb1d5128f0fa509f349e54]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (1.6.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 2(c)(i)

[^key-b7e6804e94ee40ac549c5e4fab6ffad8]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (1.6.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 2(c)(ii)

[^key-1f4efb2a3d785d19983f35463ebc570f]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.6.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 2(c)(iii)

[^key-ed5bd998c646be6f22c9d7668f7cbcc5]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (1.6.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 2(d)(i)

[^key-a7b58407c8ac31ffd8d8562330bc36f2]: Word in Sch. 1 inserted (13.8.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/108), arts. 1, 3(e)(ii)

[^key-63a75124bfff041b621d7de25935f344]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2044), art. 1(1), Sch. 1

[^key-126f4e6e164b182ce85d08746a72a4e1]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1178), arts. 1(1), 2(d)(ii)

[^key-b6e0887b114c7190cb124e4a1e093773]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(a)

[^key-04b6c775444bd388af64c1913bd73c97]: Words in Sch. 1 omitted (16.9.1998) by virtue of The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(b)

[^key-9d5494a27b9b3e6091cfda29c37dd365]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.9.1998) by virtue ofThe Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(c)(i)

[^key-f069f645344e78249e2b70793d2d38db]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(c)(ii)

[^key-3fae78dfc2d55e60157ee5060dcd501c]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(d)

[^key-ef49996453ac55407e4b95c705470395]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(e)

[^key-227a492bfbdd9d87de4b16c8fd510c13]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(f)(i)

[^key-918f6ef1c167c3beae979ff2e9c69108]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(f)(ii)

[^key-e5c2cb56d8ba9fcb44e659178e7671d1]: Words in Sch. 1 omitted (16.9.1998) by virtue of The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(f)(iii)

[^key-c97069bb6f1fec3cd16744105078603e]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(g)(i)

[^key-db25a67f335d72b00b343af7a9afb179]: Word in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(g)(ii)

[^key-bee2c0dd1376e71a8a3ef6f71c66389a]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(g)(iii)

[^key-55cbb09fc168752632d2f63eed9c19d9]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), arts. 1(1), 3(h)

[^key-adf8a0feed268c7925b20f4e9090b745]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.9.1998) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2081), art. 1(1), Sch.

[^key-ce47cb65632e1ff666220689c890929a]: Sch. 1: entries renumbered (22.4.1999) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1044), arts. 1(1), 2(a)

[^key-0aae1452a245f39f2c2f05f0c2f7c76a]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (22.4.1999) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1044), arts. 1(1), 2(a)

[^key-c72391ee5ac0f691f38f7d79c3af2c05]: Word in Sch. 1 substituted (22.4.1999) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1044), arts. 1(1), 2(b)

[^key-9c255963b860084b2d09eb7355246bcb]: Sch. 1: entries renumbered (22.4.1999) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1044), arts. 1(1), 2(c)

[^key-2eb9ab08359ef0f8a02b7b15b2dd8c92]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (22.4.1999) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1044), arts. 1(1), 2(c)

[^key-c453911a5078a4c0422255ace3e1e04f]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (22.4.1999) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1044), arts. 1(1), 2(d)

[^key-3ce34fca4a2fe8a3f331e596cdc3dadb]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (22.4.1999) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1044), arts. 1(1), 2(e)

[^key-49236e9f62472293944eb58802321894]: Word in Sch. 1 substituted (19.1.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3463), arts. 1(1), 2(a)

[^key-bdefab888e117bc3a1c6f351299f5f3b]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (19.1.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3463), arts. 1(1), 2(b)

[^key-75bf70226e738804c4a6a4d695ed8f02]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (19.1.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3463), arts. 1(1), 2(c)

[^key-824341cb56cb468040825489d22dcbc2]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (9.8.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1917), arts. 1(1), 3(a)

[^key-7d0087cb55ec3f23f8b30a72f978b21a]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (9.8.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1917), arts. 1(1), 3(b)

[^key-e5859f897b97a6b20713e672549ba565]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (9.8.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1917), arts. 1(1), 3(c)

[^key-298fa7ea0e8f298a76f91578d7f629e5]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(a)

[^key-de948e8b4b0b6e7e772bfacedd39b7ae]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(a)

[^key-efc5b874c9aac831cf4119b13b0eb0e3]: Sch. 1 entries inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(b)

[^key-2ce73b6f0103b0389cacc471886ed08b]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(c)

[^key-078a9c6e19ae634c0f87ea3b709e4e18]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(d)

[^key-5794f66f356e3ece5f3b0001db36a9c9]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(e)(i)

[^key-b9057f3a5c4fb16be1093b586d91cf12]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(e)(ii)

[^key-4952c9c2259eb1ca36a470ba0304f5df]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(f)(i)

[^key-2b536c5eb3695be1ea43557fc0c121b0]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(f)(ii)

[^key-a9ef3ba5339670f08523a56404713986]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(f)(iii)

[^key-60fefe6cbb37e7df57ca1f78377ee4cb]: Sch. 1 entries re-numbered (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(g)

[^key-76f5c0b7a0b76806b1f28c235ea539a5]: Sch. 1 entries inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(g)

[^key-d38fd848acb3fb1da4cae8aa5ce4f75b]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 4(h)

[^key-41c0752fbd78d4cbce7c63b7e37f0cf7]: Words in art. 5(4) added (16.11.2000) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2899), arts. 1(1), 2

[^key-8659c38eb02b47520abb84ab6725e56a]: Sch. 1 entries inserted (1.1.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3231), arts. 1(1), 2

[^key-49e7795b7c25bdc987b2fdd634d10df0]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(a)

[^key-5c9205f61a5e637e1cab763d4ba38b37]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(b)

[^key-a2a9efdf8fd59a49fc9e8add0bcb51bc]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(c)

[^key-e3eedfce8f0dc3a74c7da5d962ef9f22]: Sch. 1: entries renumbered (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(d)

[^key-179a30983e5479fbf6466b1006ad7a39]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(e)

[^key-0730d1613bd793646abe9f76c137e0f2]: Sch. 1: entries renumbered (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(e)

[^key-dd5facacc4f34509beedb38b8b6a3809]: Sch. 1 entries inserted (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(e)

[^key-82e7b843fb502ff338ce624bd5d017c7]: Sch. 1 entries inserted (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(f)

[^key-c32154733f08bde13d7d8e190ce6f1d4]: Sch. 1 entries inserted (24.8.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2777), arts. 1(1), 3(g)

[^key-e61452e9d071395690b35dc6d9e9071f]: Words in Sch. 1 revoked (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(a)

[^key-6fd6dcd72aa3dabb123aaff355e09231]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(b)(i)

[^key-6fe099b61b75ce8951a97ba5a4cc0273]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(b)(ii)

[^key-03bc93e634bf2e8e0dbf94d1a0d38a05]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(b)(iii)

[^key-d4f81d8eb13e42aef90d98ce9d382c48]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(b)(iv)

[^key-250d3f03161017ce965f003eaffe8db7]: Words in Sch. 1 revoked (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(c)

[^key-a6f7a86d2505bf2cc257cb2d7b41dfc9]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(d)(i)

[^key-724d752eb17c394e5c26d975a052a3d8]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(d)(ii)

[^key-3b5e49cf635e5cf1add0939c1bbde685]: Words in Sch. 1 inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(d)(iii)

[^key-2ec3ab64843c857ffd7d9071e2708050]: Sch. 1 entries inserted (31.12.2001) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3942), arts. 1(1), 2(e)

[^key-ba0f8a0a141f9684ea50fb1f6167bbf8]: Words in art. 1 omitted (1.4.2002) by virtue of The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/549), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

[^key-a0efcc62a16efaa72528d139013f5b81]: Art. 10(2) inserted (4.4.2003) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/696), arts. 1(1), 9

[^key-5e64073773d96f59f512396cfbdce34d]: Art. 10 renumbered as art. 10(1) (4.4.2003) by The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/696), arts. 1(1), 9

[^key-24b0b3c8f01a7075f306ca2ba8abc477]: Words in art. 1 omitted (9.7.2003) by virtue of The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1590), art. 1, Sch. para. 21(2)(b)

[^key-d254d12494a2693a186b968d4751cbbf]: Words in art. 1(2) omitted (1.5.2006) by virtue of The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/915), arts. 1(1), 2(b)

[^key-2acef60fc42397ba2e6d64da0ef4790a]: Words in art. 1(2) omitted (1.5.2006) by virtue of The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/915), arts. 1(1), 2(c)

[^key-3b8a73fb2e1a6621cb0bef299e8cc81a]: Words in art. 1(2) omitted (1.5.2006) by virtue of The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/915), arts. 1(1), 2(d)

[^key-a744038254bc436b8d6f22abb87c1d7b]: Words in art. 1(2) omitted (1.5.2006) by virtue of The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/915), arts. 1(1), 2(e)

[^key-0112f9f7ed66549baea18430a0bac35a]: Sch. 2 substituted (1.5.2006) by The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/915), arts. 1(1), 12

[^key-ade9f171cdf5f89f19ce3e8f1c6a8b00]: Words in art. 10(1) substituted (1.5.2006) by The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/915), arts. 1(1), 8

[^key-7203d8ae8befb71b08886bd550e6caf6]: Arts. 2-4 revoked (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 35 (with Sch. 32)

[^key-b00459f4b89be10d5c2f93981c3e1b47]: Arts. 5A-9 revoked (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 35 (with Sch. 32)

[^key-ed4591b1e6ad9c3326daf46a7c856f69]: Arts. 11-16 revoked (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 35 (with Sch. 32)

[^key-12138e390455290d712665bda1d3bcf4]: Schs. 3-7 revoked (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 35 (with Sch. 32)

[^key-f361c6da4aa975c761f5d62b6a1eac75]: Words in art. 1(2) omitted (14.8.2012) by virtue of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 71(2)(a) (with Sch. 32)

[^key-0e78f564e609a959d5ab9ff6266a7c30]: Art. 1(2A) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 71(2)(b) (with Sch. 32)

[^key-bed0b6af6febed9b59d7b0e92469306d]: Words in art. 1(5) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 71(2)(c) (with Sch. 32)

[^key-a2a482378862094b350890fff64e770d]: Art. 1(6)-(9) omitted (14.8.2012) by virtue of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 71(2)(d), Sch. 35 (with Sch. 32)

[^key-cff33133e88a6b932be503f176e9fea6]: Words in art. 5(1) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 71(3) (with Sch. 32)

[^key-5f29967dabe1be51d7551eee4ee04ffe]: Words in art. 10(1)(2) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 71(4) (with Sch. 32)

[^key-e679e8d1f937e04ed99c45a3d5aa46ef]: Art. 5(1A) inserted by The Human Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/775), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 4 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1488, reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 194(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

10

Registered chiropodists or podiatrists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines specified in column 2.

10

The following prescription only medicines—

• (a) Co-dydramol 10/500 tablets;

• (b) Amorolfine hydrochloride cream where the maximum strength of the Amorolfine in the cream does not exceed 0.25 per cent by weight in weight;

• (c) Amorolfine hydrochloride lacquer where the maximum strength of the Amorolfine in the lacquer does not exceed 5 per cent by weight in volume; ...

• (d) Topical hydrocortisone where the maximum strength of the hydrocortisone in the medicinal product does not exceed 1 per cent by weight in weight; and

• (e) Amoxicillin;

• (f) Erythromycin;

• (g) Flucoxacillin;

• (h) Tioconazole 28%; and

• (i) Silver Sulfadiazine.

10

The sale or supply shall be only in the course of their professional practice ...

Exemptions for the supply and administration of prescription only medicines by national health service bodies

12A

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Exemption for health professionals who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction in order to assist doctors or dentists in providing national health services

12B

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exemption for persons conducting a retail pharmacy business who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction

12C

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Exemption in cases involving another’s default

Exemption in the case of a forged prescription

Prescriptions

Revocations

SCHEDULE 7

PART I

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PART II

Column 1	Column 2
Class of person by whom a prescription only medicine is supplied or administered	Person on whose behalf the Direction must be signed
Common Services Agency	The Agency
Strategic Health Authority	The Strategic Health Authority
Health Authority	The Health Authority
Special Health Authority	The Special Health Authority
NHS trust or NHS foundation trust	The trust
Primary Care Trust	The Trust
A person who supplies or administers a prescription only medicine pursuant to an arrangement made with the Common Services Agency, a Health Authority, a Special Health Authority, an NHS trust, , an NHS foundation trust or a Primary Care Trust	The Common Services Agency, where the arrangement has been made with the Agency; or the Health Authority, Special Health Authority, NHS trust or NHS foundation trust or Primary Care Trust with which the arrangement has been made

PART III

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Prescribing by extended formulary nurse prescribers

3A

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Duration of special provisions in relation to new medicinal products

Exempt medicinal products

Circumstances in which controlled drugs and medicinal products authorized by the European Community are not prescription only medicines

Exemption for parenteral administration in an emergency to human beings of certain prescription only medicines

Exemptions for emergency sale or supply

Exemption for non-parenteral administration to human beings

Exemption for medicinal products at high dilutions

Exemptions for certain persons

Exemption for sale or supply in hospitals

Exemptions for the supply and administration of prescription only medicines by national health service bodies

Exemption for health professionals who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction in order to assist doctors or dentists in providing national health services

Exemption for persons conducting a retail pharmacy business who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction

Exemption in cases involving another’s default

Exemptions relating to prescriptions given by nurses

13A

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Exemption in the case of a forged prescription

Prescriptions

Revocations

SCHEDULE 3A — CONTROLLED DRUGS WHICH MAY BE PRESCRIBED, ADMINISTERED OR DIRECTED FOR ADMINISTRATION BY NURSE INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBERS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH PRESCRIPTION OR ADMINISTRATION

Column 1	Column 2
Substance	Requirements as to use or route of administration
Buprenorphine	Transdermal administration in palliative care
Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride	Oral administration
Codeine Phosphate	Oral administration
Co-Phenotrope	Oral administration
Diamorphine hydrochloride	Oral or parenteral administration
Diazepam	Oral, parenteral or rectal administration
Dihydrocodeine Tartrate	Oral administration
Fentanyl	Transdermal administration in palliative care
Lorazepam	Oral or parenteral administration
Midazolam	Parenteral or buccal administration
Morphine sulphate	Oral, parenteral or rectal administration
Morphine hydrochloride	Rectal administration
Oxycodone hydrochloride	Oral or parenteral administration in palliative care

Prescribing and administration by supplementary prescribers

3B

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Exemptions from conditions in respect of the cases or circumstances in which a supplementary prescriber may administer a medicinal product

3C

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Duration of special provisions in relation to new medicinal products

Exempt medicinal products

Exemption for products consisting of or containing aloxiprin, aspirin or paracetamol

5A