HC Deb 26 November 1925 vol 188 c1625W
Mr. H. WILLIAMS

asked the Secretary of State for War what ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps are permitted to make up prescriptions; and what minimum professional qualification is possessed by those who are authorised to make up prescriptions?

Captain KING

All officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps are permitted to make up prescriptions, and such soldiers of that Corps as are qualified as dispensers. The latter must either hold a qualification registered by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or Ireland, or by the Society of Apothecaries of London or Dublin, or they must have undergone the training and passed the examination laid down in the Standing Orders for the Royal Army Medical Corps.

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