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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2002.
(2) In these Regulations—
(a) “the Pharmaceutical Regulations” means the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;
(b) “the Medical Regulations” means the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.
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(1) Regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) in the appropriate alphabetical position insert—“
 “restricted availability appliance” means an appliance which is approved for particular categories of persons or particular purposes only;”.
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In regulation 7 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (removal from pharmaceutical list) paragraph (5) shall be renumbered paragraph (4A).
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In regulation 9 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (standards of, and payments for, drugs and appliances), in sub-paragraph (1)(a), at the end, insert “and in the case of a restricted availability appliance, the categories of persons for whom or purposes for which the appliance is approved”.
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In regulation 11 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (provision of pharmaceutical services for immediate treatment or personal administration) after sub-paragraph (b) insert “but shall, in either case, provide a restricted availability appliance only if it is for a person or a purpose specified in the Drug Tariff.”.
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In Schedule 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (terms of service for chemists)—
(a) in paragraph 2 (provision of pharmaceutical services)—
(i) in sub-paragraph 1(a), after “or appliances” insert “not being restricted availability appliances,”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph 1(b), insert—“
(bb) an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a doctor; or”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph 1(d) after “listed appliances,” insert “not being restricted availability appliances,”; and
(iv) after sub-paragraph 1(d) insert—“or
(e) an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a nurse prescriber,”
(b) in paragraph 13—
(i) in sub-paragraph (b), delete “and”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), at the end, insert “; and,”; and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—“
(d) he shall provide for the patient a restricted availability appliance only if the patient is a person or it is for a purpose specified in the Drug Tariff.”;
(c) in paragraph 14(2), after “nurse prescriber,” insert “or an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a nurse prescriber,”;
(d) in paragraph 15(2), after “in this paragraph”, insert “or paragraph 13” and, after “a scheduled drug”, insert “or a restricted availability appliance”.
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 8th March 2002.
D. J. Thompson
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 8th March 2002.
Rodney Scott
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
