PART 3AMENDMENT OF THE POM ORDER

Amendment of Schedule 3A to the POM Order6

In the table in Schedule 3A of the POM Order (substances which may be prescribed, administered or directed for administration by extended formulary nurse prescribers and conditions for such prescription or administration)—

a

after the entry for “Bemiparin sodium”10, insert the following entry—

Benzylpenicillin sodium

Parenteral

b

omit the entries for “Levomepromazine (methotrimeprazine) maleate” and “Levomepromazine (methotrimeprazine) hydrochloride”; and

c

in the entry for “Vaccine – Combined Tetanus, diphtheria, acullular pertussis, inactivated poliomyelitis and haemophilus influenza type B”11, in column 1, for “acullular pertussis”, substitute “acellular pertussis”.