The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000
This Order amends the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 (the principal Order) by substituting a revised article 12, and inserting new articles 12A, 12B, 12C and Schedule 7. These amendments provide for the following new exemptions from the restrictions in section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968—in article 12A, an exemption from section 58(2)(a) for the supply of a prescription only medicine by a specified national health service body, for administration in accordance with the patient specific directions of a doctor or dentist;in article 12A, an exemption from section 58(2) for the supply or administration of a prescription only medicine by a specified national health service body, where the product is supplied for the purpose of being administered, or is administered, by a designated health professional in accordance with a Patient Group Direction (i.e. a written direction providing for the supply and administration, or administration, of a description or class of prescription only medicine to persons generally), where the Direction is signed by a doctor or a dentist and by a pharmacist, and certain other conditions are satisfied;in article 12B, an exemption from section 58(2) for the supply or administration of a prescription only medicine by a designated health professional in order to assist a doctor or dentist in providing NHS services, where the product is supplied or administered in accordance with a Patient Group Direction, and the conditions referred to in (b) above are satisfied;in article 12C, an exemption from section 58(2) for the supply or administration of a prescription only medicine by a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business under an arrangement with a national health service body, where the product is supplied or administered in accordance with a Patient Group Direction and the conditions referred to in (b) above are satisfied.