Medicinal Products: Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c. 28)

(1) In section 58 of the M1 Medicines Act 1968 (medicinal products on prescription only) in subsection (1) (which specifies who are to be appropriate practitioners in relation to specified descriptions or classes of medicinal products) at the end of paragraph (c) there shall be inserted “ and (d) registered nurses, midwives and health visitors who are of such a description and comply with such conditions as may be specified in the order ” . (2) In subsection (4) of that section (orders providing for exemptions etc.) at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the words “ or, where the appropriate practitioner is a registered nurse, midwife or health visitor, such modifications as may be so specified ” . (3) In subsection (5) of that section (exemptions may be subject to conditions or limitations)— (a) after the words “exemption conferred” there shall be inserted the words “ or modification made ” , and (b) after the word “conferred”, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ or made ” . Marginal Citations M1 1968 c. 67 .

[ F1 In section 41 of the M2 National Health Service Act 1977 (which imposes a duty on Family Health Services Authorities to arrange for the provision of drugs and medicines etc. ordered by medical practitioners and dental practitioners) the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) shall be omitted and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph— “ (cc) listed drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a prescribed description of registered nurse, midwife or health visitor in pursuance of functions in the health service, the Scottish health service or the Northern Ireland health service or the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony); and ” . ] Textual Amendments F1 S. 2 repealed (1.4.2006 for E.) by Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) , s. 70(2) , Sch. 6 Pt. 2 (with ss. 64(9) , 65(4) ); S.I. 2006/481 , art. 3 Marginal Citations M2 1977 c. 49 .