NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 . Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 2 1 Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation and application) is amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1)– a after the definition of “Board” there is inserted– “ Charges Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 ; b after the definition of “dentist” there is inserted– “directed services” means additional pharmaceutical services; c after the definition of “pharmacist contractor” there is inserted– “prescription form” means a form provided by a Health Board, a Health Authority constituted under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977, a Health and Social Services Board constituted under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 or an NHS trust, and issued by a doctor, a dentist or nurse prescriber to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services; d after the definition of “relevant service” there is inserted– “ Remission of Charges Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 ; 3 In the definition of “pharmaceutical services”, at the end there is added “but not including directed services;”. 4 For paragraph (1A) there is substituted– 1A The specified description of a nurse or health visitor mentioned in the definition of “nurse prescriber” in paragraph (1) is– a a person who is registered in Part 1 or 12 of the register maintained under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997 (referred to below in this paragraph as “the professional register”), has a district nursing qualification additionally recorded in the professional register maintained under rule 11 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Rules 1983 , and is, at the time of ordering the listed drug or medicine or listed appliance– i employed as a district nurse by a Board or an NHS trust; or ii employed as a nurse by a doctor whose name is included in a medical list or who, at that time, is assisting in the performance of personal medical services; b a person who is registered in Part 11 of the professional register as a health visitor and is, at the time of ordering the listed drug or medicine or listed appliance– i employed as a health visitor by a Board or an NHS trust; or ii employed as a health visitor by a doctor whose name is included in a medical list or who, at that time, is assisting in the performance of personal medical services; against whose name (in each case) is recorded in the professional register an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances for patients. . Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations 3 1 Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (pharmaceutical services) is amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (b) is deleted. 3 Paragraph (3) is deleted. Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 4 1 Schedule 1 (terms of service for pharmacists) is amended as follows. 2 In paragraph 3, sub-paragraph (1), for “sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)” there is substituted “sub-paragraphs (1A), (2) and (3)”. 3 In paragraph 3, after sub-paragraph (1) there is inserted– 1A Where a pharmacist reasonably believes that a form presented as a prescription form under sub-paragraph (1) is not a genuine order for the person named on the form (for example because it has been amended or signed otherwise than in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)) the pharmacist shall refuse to supply the order for drugs or appliances on the form . 4 After paragraph 3 there is inserted the following– Directed services 3A A pharmacist with whom a Health Board or NHS trust makes an arrangement for the provision of any directed service shall comply with the terms and conditions of the arrangement. . MALCOLM CHISHOLM Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 8th March 2001