C1PART 12Dealings with medicinal products
CHAPTER 2Sale and supply of medicines
Prescription only medicines
Requirements for prescriptions: general217
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For the purposes of this Chapter, a prescription only medicine is not sold or supplied in accordance with a prescription given by an appropriate practitioner unless the following conditions are met.
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Condition A is that the prescription is signed in ink by the appropriate practitioner giving it.
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Condition B is that the prescription—
a
is written in ink or otherwise so as to be indelible; or
b
in the case of a health prescription which is not for a F1product subject to special medical prescription, is written as described in sub-paragraph (a) or by means of carbon paper or similar material.
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Condition C is that the prescription contains the following particulars—
a
the address of the appropriate practitioner giving it;
b
the appropriate date;
c
an indication of the kind of appropriate practitioner giving it;
d
the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is given; and
e
if that person is under 12, that person's age.
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Condition D is that the prescription—
a
is not dispensed after the end of the period of six months beginning with the appropriate date; or
b
in the case of a repeatable prescription—
i
it is not dispensed for the first time after the end of that period, and
ii
it is dispensed in accordance with the directions contained in the prescription.
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Condition E is that, in the case of a repeatable prescription that does not specify the number of times it may be dispensed—
a
it is not dispensed on more than two occasions, or
b
in the case of a prescription for an oral contraceptive, it is not dispensed on more than six occasions or after the end of the period of six months beginning with the appropriate date.
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In this regulation “appropriate date” means, subject to paragraph (8)—
a
in the case of a health prescription, whichever is the later of—
i
the date on which it was signed by the appropriate practitioner giving it, or
ii
a date indicated by the appropriate practitioner as the date before which it should not be dispensed; and
b
otherwise, the date on which the prescription was signed by the appropriate practitioner giving it.
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This regulation—
a
does not apply to a prescription given by an F2approved country health professional (as to which see regulation 218); and
b
is subject to regulation 219 (electronic prescriptions).
Pt. 12 modified (E.W.) (1.10.2015) by The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/895), regs. 1(3), 4(2)