The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

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Form of prescriptionsU.K.

15.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a person shall not issue a prescription containing a controlled drug other than a drug specified in Schedule 4 or 5 F1... unless the prescription complies with the following requirements, that is to say, it shall—

[F2(a)be written so as to be indelible, be dated and be signed by the person issuing it with his usual signature [F3or be prescribed on an electronic prescription form];]

[F4(aa)except in the case of a health prescription [F5or a veterinary prescription], be written on a prescription form provided by [F6the National Health Service Commissioning Board or an] equivalent body for the purposes of private prescribing [F7unless prescribed on an electronic prescription form];]

[F8(ab)except in the case of a health prescription or a veterinary prescription, specify the prescriber identification number of the person issuing it;]

F9(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)except in the case of a health prescription, specify the F10... address of the person issuing it;

(d)if issued by a dentist, have the words “for dental treatment only” written on it and, if issued by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner, have a declaration written on it that the controlled drug is prescribed for an animal or herd under his care;

(e)specify the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is issued or, if it is issued by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner, of the person to whom the controlled drug prescribed is to be delivered;

(f)specify the dose to be taken and—

(i)in the case of a prescription containing a controlled drug which is a preparation, the form and, where appropriate, the strength of the preparation, and either the total quantity (in both words and figures) of the preparation or the number (in both words and figures) of dosage units, as appropriate, to be supplied;

(ii)in any other case, the total quantity (in both words and figures ) of the controlled drug to be supplied;

(g)in the case of a prescription for a total quantity intended to be supplied by instalments, contain a direction specifying the amount of the instalments of the total amount which may be supplied and the intervals to be observed when supplying.

[F11(1A) F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1B) Nothing in this regulation prevents the issue of a prescription, other than a health prescription, which is not written on a prescription form provided by [F13the National Health Service Commissioning Board or an] equivalent body for the purposes of private prescribing, containing a controlled drug other than a drug specified in Schedule 4 or 5, where the person issuing the prescription believes on reasonable grounds that the drug will be supplied by a pharmacist in a hospital.]

F14(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In the case of a prescription issued for the treatment of a patient in a [F15hospital, care home or prison], it shall be a sufficient compliance with paragraph (1)(e) if the prescription is written on the patient’s bed card or case sheet.

[F16(4) In this regulation, “electronic prescription form” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical) Regulations 2013.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in reg. 15(1) omitted (1.6.2015) by virtue of The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/891), regs. 1(1), 11(a)

F2Reg. 15(1)(a) substituted (14.11.2005) by The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Supply to Addicts) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2864), regs. 1(1), 9(1)

F3Words in reg. 15(1)(a) inserted (1.6.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/891), regs. 1(1), 11(b)

F4Reg. 15(1)(aa) inserted (7.7.2006 for E.S., 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1450), regs. 2(1)(3), 5(1)(a) (with regs. 12, 13)

F5Words in reg. 15(1)(aa) inserted (1.9.2006 for E.S., 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2178), regs. 1(1)(2), 4(1)(a)

F6Words in reg. 15(1)(aa) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 50(3)(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 5)

F7Words in reg. 15(1)(aa) inserted (1.6.2015) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/891), regs. 1(1), 11(c)

F8Reg. 15(1)(ab) inserted (1.9.2006 for E.S., 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2178), regs. 1(1)(2), 4(1)(b)

F9Reg. 15(1)(b) revoked (14.11.2005) by The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Supply to Addicts) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2864), regs. 1(1), 9(2)

F10Words in reg. 15(1)(c) inserted and simultaneously revoked (1.9.2006 for E.S., 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1450), regs. 2(1)(3), 5(1)(b) (with regs. 12, 13) and The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2178), regs. 1(1)(2), 4(1)(c)

F11Reg. 15(1A)(1B) inserted (7.7.2006 for E.S., 1.1.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1450), regs. 2(1)(3), 5(2) (with regs. 12, 13)