sec.84Sending prescription electronically

sec.84 Sending prescription electronically

A prescriber must not send a prescription for a medicine to another person using electronic communication except by— using an electronic prescription management system in accordance with any requirements for using the system; or sending a digital copy of a paper prescription to a person the prescriber reasonably believes is authorised to dispense or give a treatment dose of the medicine. Subsections (3) and (4) apply if the prescriber is sending a digital copy of a paper prescription to a person. If the medicine is a diversion-risk medicine, the prescriber must take all reasonable steps, before sending the digital copy, to ensure the following details are written on the paper prescription— the way in which the digital copy is being sent; the place to which the digital copy is being sent; the date on which the digital copy is being sent. A prescriber writes the words ‘emailed to Hypothetical Pharmacy, Brisbane on 1 January 2022’ on a paper prescription. After sending the digital copy, the prescriber must send the paper prescription to the person as soon as practicable, but no later than— if the prescription is for an S8 medicine—the end of the next business day after the digital copy was sent; or otherwise—7 days after the digital copy was sent. s 84 amd 2022 SL No. 77 s 4 (sec.84-ssec.1) A prescriber must not send a prescription for a medicine to another person using electronic communication except by— using an electronic prescription management system in accordance with any requirements for using the system; or sending a digital copy of a paper prescription to a person the prescriber reasonably believes is authorised to dispense or give a treatment dose of the medicine. (sec.84-ssec.2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply if the prescriber is sending a digital copy of a paper prescription to a person. (sec.84-ssec.3) If the medicine is a diversion-risk medicine, the prescriber must take all reasonable steps, before sending the digital copy, to ensure the following details are written on the paper prescription— the way in which the digital copy is being sent; the place to which the digital copy is being sent; the date on which the digital copy is being sent. A prescriber writes the words ‘emailed to Hypothetical Pharmacy, Brisbane on 1 January 2022’ on a paper prescription. (sec.84-ssec.4) After sending the digital copy, the prescriber must send the paper prescription to the person as soon as practicable, but no later than— if the prescription is for an S8 medicine—the end of the next business day after the digital copy was sent; or otherwise—7 days after the digital copy was sent.

• (a) using an electronic prescription management system in accordance with any requirements for using the system; or
• (b) sending a digital copy of a paper prescription to a person the prescriber reasonably believes is authorised to dispense or give a treatment dose of the medicine.