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Endnotes  6

THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES makes this Order under Article 57(1) of the Medicines (Jersey) Law 1995[1] –

“ “supplementary prescriber” means any of the following –

(a)     a midwife or nurse, whose entry on the register established and maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 of the United Kingdom indicates that he or she is, or may act as, only a supplementary prescriber;

(b)     an optometrist, whose entry on the register established and maintained under section 7(a) of the Opticians Act 1989 of the United Kingdom indicates that he or she is, or may act as, only a supplementary prescriber;

(c)     a pharmacist, whose entry on the register established and maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 of the United Kingdom indicates that he or she is, or may act as, only a supplementary prescriber;

(d)     a physiotherapist, podiatrist or radiographer, whose entry on the register established and maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 of the United Kingdom indicates that he or she is, or may act as, only a supplementary prescriber.”.

“5      Appropriate practitioner

(1)     For the purposes of Article 57(1), the following are appropriate practitioners –

(a)     doctors;

(b)     dentists;

(c)     veterinary surgeons;

(d)     nurse independent prescribers;

(e)     optometrist independent prescribers, but only in relation to a medicinal product that is not a controlled drug and that is not for parenteral administration;

(f)      paramedic independent prescribers, but only in relation to a medicinal product that does not contain a controlled drug other than –

(i)      Codeine,

(ii)      Fentanyl,

(iii)     Midazolam, or

(iv)     Morphine; and

(g)     pharmacist independent prescribers;

(h)     physiotherapist independent prescribers, but only in relation to a medicinal product that does not contain a controlled drug other than –

(i)      Dihydrocodeine,

(ii)      Fentanyl,

(iii)     Morphine,

(iv)     Oxycodone, or

(v)     Temazepam;

(i)      podiatrist independent prescribers, but only in relation to a medicinal product that does not contain a controlled drug other than Dihydrocodeine or Temazepam;

(j)      supplementary prescribers;

(k)     therapeutic radiographer independent prescribers, but only in relation to a medicinal product that does not contain a controlled drug other than –

(i)      Codeine,

(ii)      Fentanyl,

(iii)     Midazolam,

(iv)     Morphine,

(v)     Oxycodone,

(vi)     Temazepam, or

(vii)    Tramadol.

(2)     In this Article, a reference to the following occupations is taken to be a reference to a person registered in respect of that occupation under the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995[3] –

(a)     nurse independent prescriber;

(b)     optometrist independent prescriber;

(c)     paramedic independent prescriber;

(d)     pharmacist independent prescriber;

(e)     physiotherapist independent prescriber;

(f)      podiatrist independent prescriber;

(g)     therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber.