S.I. 614 of 2020 of the Medicinal Product (Prescription and Control of Supply) (amendment) (No 6) Regulations 2020, provides for the continued recognition of hard copy (paper) prescriptions written by doctors, dentists and nurse prescribers based in the United Kingdom; however, online prescriptions or prescriptions written by UK-based prescribers for the purposes of enabling mail order supply issued to people living in Ireland are no longer valid. The Healthmail registration policy as well as the Terms & Conditions of usage have been updated to align with this legislation.
Therefore, if a teleconsultation is carried out by a UK based doctor for an Irish patient as part of a telemedicine service (even if accessed through an Irish website), neither a digital nor a physical prescription will be acceptable. The current Brexit deal covers trade, not professional services, a teleconsultation is regarded as a professional service. We have produced a poster for you to download from here which you may wish to print as a tool to inform your customers.
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