Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 12, after line 22, to insert the following:

“PART 5

Amendment of Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013

Amendment of Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013

11. The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 is amended in section 2 —

(a) in the definition of “prescriber”, by the substitution of “(a), (b), (c) or (d)” for “(a), (b) or (c)”, and

(b) in the definition of “prescription”—

(i) in paragraph (b)(iii), by the substitution of “order,” for “order, or”,

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, or”for “Nurses and Midwives Act 2011;”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(d) a registered pharmacist who is for the time being registered in the register of pharmacists established under section 13(1)(a)(i) of the Pharmacy Act 2007;”.”.

It is very technical. Similar to the amendment above of section 59 of the Health Act 1970, in introducing prescribing activity for pharmacists through these amendments, it is prudent to include a registered pharmacist in the professions from which a prescription may be accepted. This is a minor change to include registered pharmacists in the definitions of "prescriber" and "prescription" in section 2, the interpretation of the Act. This will allow us to further consider the development of appropriate mechanisms to support prescribing for common conditions in community pharmacies.

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