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National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) Regulations 2004

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1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.

(2) These Regulations apply to England only.

[F1Drugs, medicines and other substances that may not be orderedE+W

2.—(1) The following drugs, medicines and other substances may not be ordered for patients in the provision of medical services under a general medical services contract—

(a)a drug, medicine or other substance which is listed in Schedule 1;

(b)any gluten-free food; or

(c)any very low gluten food.

(2) But—

(a)paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to gluten-free bread or a gluten-free food mix;

(b)paragraph (1)(c) does not apply to very low gluten bread or a very low gluten food mix.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)a food is gluten-free if the food, as sold to the final consumer—

(i)contains no more than 20mg/kg of gluten, and

(ii)where it contains oats has been specially produced, prepared and or processed in a way to avoid contamination by wheat, rye, barley or their crossbred varieties;

(b)a food is very low gluten if the food, as sold to the final consumer, contains no more than 100mg/kg of gluten and consists of, or contains, one or more ingredients made from wheat, rye, barley, oats or their crossbred varieties which have been specially processed to reduce the gluten content, and where it contains oats—

(i)it has been specially produced, prepared or processed in a way to avoid contamination by wheat, rye, barley or their crossbred varieties, and

(ii)the gluten content of the oats does not exceed 20mg/kg.

(4) In this regulation—

“food mix” means a mixture of two or more ingredients which is to be—

(a)

combined with any one or more additional ingredients; and

(b)

baked or otherwise cooked;

“gluten” means a protein fraction from wheat, rye, barley, oats or their crossbred varieties and derivatives, which is insoluble in water and 0.5 M sodium chloride solution.]

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Drugs, medicines and other substances that may be ordered only in certain circumstancesE+W

3.  A drug, medicine or other substance specified in an entry in column 1 of Schedule 2 may not be ordered for a patient in the provision of medical services under a general medical services contract unless—

(a)that patient is a person of a description mentioned in column 2 of that entry; and

(b)that drug, medicine or other substance is prescribed for that patient only for the purpose specified in column 3 of that entry.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Hutton

Minister of State,

Department of Health

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