Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 201/2007
• Year: 2007

S.I. No. 201 of 2007
Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
I, Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 32 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (No. 29 of 1995), as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 (S.I. No 308 of 1997, as amended by section 16 of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006), hereby make the following Regulations:
	Citation	1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.
	Definition.	2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 540 of 2003) as amended by the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 510 of 2005).
	Amendment of Regulation 4 of Principal Regulations.	3. Regulation 4(1) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting the following for the definition of “prescription”:
““prescription” means a prescription issued by -
(a) a registered medical practitioner or registered dentist;
(b) a practitioner, of status equivalent to a registered medical practitioner or registered dentist, practising in another Member State if, and only if -
(i) the address of the practitioner in that Member State is shown on the prescription;
(ii) the practitioner is not connected with any practice of medicine or dentistry in the State; and
(iii) the prescription has not been issued with a view to enabling the supply of a medicinal product by mail order; or
(c) a registered nurse;”.
	Insertion of new Regulations 5A and 5B into Principal Regulations.	4. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting the following after Regulation 5:
“Prescription by registered nurses.
5A. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a registered nurse shall not issue a prescription for a medicinal product referred to in Regulation 5(1) unless the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) the nurse is employed by a health service provider in a hospital, nursing home, clinic or other health service setting (including any case where the health service is provided in a private home);
(b) the medicinal product is a medicinal product which would be given in the usual course of the provision of the health service provided in the health service setting in which the nurse is employed; and
(c) the prescription is in fact issued in the usual course of the provision of that health service.
(2) Nothing in this Regulation shall...