Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.156Selling S4 oral hormonal contraceptive
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sec.156 Selling S4 oral hormonal contraceptive
This section applies in relation to an S4 medicine that is an oral hormonal contraceptive for a patient. A pharmacist must not sell the medicine unless the pharmacist reasonably believes— the patient has been treated by a prescriber with the medicine for a continuous period of a reasonable length; and it is not practicable for the patient to obtain a prescription for the medicine before needing to continue treatment with the medicine; and the patient has not, in the year before seeking the medicine from the pharmacist, been sold the medicine without a prescription from the pharmacy at which the medicine is sought. A pharmacist must not sell an amount of the medicine that is more than a manufacturer’s pack of the medicine. s 156 amd 2025 SL No. 60 s 9 (sec.156-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to an S4 medicine that is an oral hormonal contraceptive for a patient. (sec.156-ssec.2) A pharmacist must not sell the medicine unless the pharmacist reasonably believes— the patient has been treated by a prescriber with the medicine for a continuous period of a reasonable length; and it is not practicable for the patient to obtain a prescription for the medicine before needing to continue treatment with the medicine; and the patient has not, in the year before seeking the medicine from the pharmacist, been sold the medicine without a prescription from the pharmacy at which the medicine is sought. (sec.156-ssec.3) A pharmacist must not sell an amount of the medicine that is more than a manufacturer’s pack of the medicine.
- (a) the patient has been treated by a prescriber with the medicine for a continuous period of a reasonable length; and
- (b) it is not practicable for the patient to obtain a prescription for the medicine before needing to continue treatment with the medicine; and
- (c) the patient has not, in the year before seeking the medicine from the pharmacist, been sold the medicine without a prescription from the pharmacy at which the medicine is sought.