NFED Equine Health & Welfare

Veterinary Medicines Regulations
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The Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMR) set out the UK controls on veterinary medicines, including their manufacture, advertising, marketing, supply and administration; Schedule 3, paragraph 3 set out the controls on retail supply of veterinary medicinal products as below:

3(1) This paragraph applies in relation to retail supply of veterinary medicinal products.

(2) A veterinary medicinal products classified as POM-V may only be supplied by a veterinary surgeon or a pharmacist and must be supplied in accordance with a prescription from a veterinary surgeon.

(3) A veterinary medicinal product classified as POM-VPS may only be supplied by:

a) a veterinary surgeon
b) a pharmacists; or
c) a suitably qualified person in accordance with paragraph 14;
and must be in accordance with a prescription from one of those persons.

(4) A veterinary medicinal product classified as NFA-VPS may be supplied without a prescription, but may only be supplied by:

a) a veterinary surgeon
b) a pharmacists; or
c) a suitably qualified person in accordance with paragraph 14;

(5) There are no restrictions on the supply of AVM-GSL products.

(6) In this paragraph –

a) “retail supply” means any supply other than to or from the holder of a wholesale dealer’s authorisation, and whether or not for payment; and
b) a person may supply a product irrespective of who owns it.

(7) It is an offence to fail to comply with this paragraph.

The above regulations also apply to the sale or free provision of veterinary medicines by non-authorised persons via websites. It is an offence to sell or provide for free prescription only veterinary medicines in this manner by lay people.

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