Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale - Exemption) Amendment Order 2005 c.766

Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale - Exemption) Amendment Order 2005 No. 766

Summary:	This Order further amends the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale - Exemption) Order 1980 which provides for exemptions to sections 52 and 53 of the Medicines Act 1968(restrictions on the sale or supply of medicinal products). Article 2 inserts additional definitions into the principal Order. In particular, it amends the definition of "supplementary prescriber" to include chiropodists and podiatrists, physiotherapists and diagnostic or therapeutic radiographers. It also inserts various definitions relevant to the amendment made in article 3, which permits the supply of general sale medicines by a prison officer to a prisoner for the purpose of treatment of that prisoner. Article 3 amends Schedule 1 to the principal Order. It makes changes to the exemptions from sections 52 and 53 of the Medicines Act 1968, (restrictions on the sale or supply of medicinal products), contained in that Schedule. First, the article makes changes to the list of medicines which may be sold or supplied by a registered ophthalmic optician. Secondly, the article provides for the supply of general sale medicines by a prison officer to a prisoner for the purpose of treatment of that prisoner.
Made Under:	Medicines Act 1968 (C. 67) - sections 57(1) and (2) and 129(4) after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by this Order, pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines and of the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7)
Amending:	Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale - Exemption) Order 1980/1924

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