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[F1Supply of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugsU.K.

6A.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9A(1) and (3) of the Act, any of the persons specified in paragraph (2) may, when acting in their capacity as such, supply or offer to supply the following articles—

(a)a swab;

(b)utensils for the preparation of a controlled drug;

(c)citric acid;

(d)a filter;

(e)ampoules of water for injection, only when supplied or offered for supply in accordance with the Medicines Act 1968 and of any instrument which is in force thereunder

[F2(f)ascorbic acid].

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)a practitioner;

(b)a pharmacist;

(c)a person employed or engaged in the lawful provision of drug treatment services

[F3(d)a supplementary prescriber acting under and in accordance with the terms of a clinical management plan] [F4; and

(e)a nurse independent prescriber].

[F5(3) Despite the provisions of section 9A(1) and (3) of the Act, a person employed or engaged in the lawful provision of drug treatment services may, when acting in that capacity, supply or offer to supply aluminium foil in the context of structured steps—

(a)to engage a patient in a drug treatment plan, or

(b)which form part of a patient’s drug treatment plan.

(4) In this regulation “drug treatment plan” means a written plan, relating to the treatment of an individual patient, and agreed by the patient and the person employed in the lawful provision of drug treatment services.]]

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