sec.87Additional content of written prescription for S8 medicine

sec.87 Additional content of written prescription for S8 medicine

This section applies, in addition to section 86 , in relation to a written prescription for an S8 medicine. A prescriber must also state the following information on the prescription— if the prescription is a paper prescription—both words and numbers to describe how much of the medicine may be dispensed or given; the minimum number of days, of at least 1 day, before the medicine may be further dispensed or given on any repeats on the prescription; if the S8 medicine is a psychostimulant medicine— words to indicate the condition being treated; or the words ‘specified condition’ if the medicine is for the treatment of a specified condition. The prescriber is taken to comply with subsection (2) if the prescription is a national medication chart prescription. Subsection (5) applies if the prescriber is prescribing an approved opioid, other than on a medication chart prescription. The prescriber must also state the following information on the prescription— if the prescriber holds a prescribing approval for prescribing the opioid—the identifying number of the prescribing approval; the name of the place where the approved opioid is to be dispensed or given; instructions for how 1 or more doses of the medicine are to be dispensed or given, including the circumstances (if any) in which the patient may be given a dose; the start and end dates for when 1 or more doses of the opioid are to be dispensed or given. The prescriber may state different forms of a particular type of S8 medicine on the prescription but must not state more than 1 type of S8 medicine. In this section— specified condition means— ADHD; or brain injury; or narcolepsy. See section 95 about the content of prescriptions for administration by authorised persons. s 87 amd 2022 SL No. 77 s 5 ; 2025 SL No. 148 s 5 (sec.87-ssec.1) This section applies, in addition to section 86 , in relation to a written prescription for an S8 medicine. (sec.87-ssec.2) A prescriber must also state the following information on the prescription— if the prescription is a paper prescription—both words and numbers to describe how much of the medicine may be dispensed or given; the minimum number of days, of at least 1 day, before the medicine may be further dispensed or given on any repeats on the prescription; if the S8 medicine is a psychostimulant medicine— words to indicate the condition being treated; or the words ‘specified condition’ if the medicine is for the treatment of a specified condition. (sec.87-ssec.3) The prescriber is taken to comply with subsection (2) if the prescription is a national medication chart prescription. (sec.87-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if the prescriber is prescribing an approved opioid, other than on a medication chart prescription. (sec.87-ssec.5) The prescriber must also state the following information on the prescription— if the prescriber holds a prescribing approval for prescribing the opioid—the identifying number of the prescribing approval; the name of the place where the approved opioid is to be dispensed or given; instructions for how 1 or more doses of the medicine are to be dispensed or given, including the circumstances (if any) in which the patient may be given a dose; the start and end dates for when 1 or more doses of the opioid are to be dispensed or given. (sec.87-ssec.6) The prescriber may state different forms of a particular type of S8 medicine on the prescription but must not state more than 1 type of S8 medicine. (sec.87-ssec.7) In this section— specified condition means— ADHD; or brain injury; or narcolepsy.