The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing by EEA Practitioners) Regulations 2008
These Regulations provide that subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions in relation to the prescriptions which they give, doctors and dentists who give a prescription for a medicinal product (other than one which is a controlled drug) in an EEA State other than the UK or in Switzerland are appropriate practitioners within the meaning of section 58(2)(a) of the Medicines Act 1968 (“the Act”). The effect of this is to enable the sale or supply in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, of a medicinal product (other than a controlled drug) in accordance with a prescription given by such a doctor or dentist, provided the conditions in relation to the prescription are complied with (regulations 2-5).