3. Underpinning Knowledge - Legislation and Professional Issues

The 2001 Regulations classify CDs into five Schedules according to the different levels of control attributed to each:

• Schedule 1 (CD Lic POM)
• Schedule 2 (CD POM)
• Schedule 3 (CD No Register POM)
• Schedule 4 (CD Benz POM and CD Anab POM)
• Schedule 5 (CD INV P and CD INV POM).

The BNF includes CD classification information for Schedule 1 to 4 medicines within the monograph.