173Recording of information for database by pharmacists

173 Recording of information for database by pharmacists

173 Recording of information for database by pharmacists

(1) This section applies to a pharmacist who uses an electronic dispensing system connected to a prescription exchange service operated by a data source entity.

(2) A pharmacist who supplies a monitored medicine must, for the purposes of the database, record the following about the person to whom the monitored medicine is supplied—

(a) the person’s full name, sex, date of birth and street address,

(b) other approved information.

(3) A pharmacist who supplies a monitored medicine may, for the purposes of the database, record the following—

(a) the following information about the person to whom the monitored medicine is supplied—

(i) the healthcare identifier,

(ii) other approved information,

(b) the following information about the pharmacist—

(i) full name,

(ii) the registration number or code recorded in the national register under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), section 225(c),

(iii) the healthcare identifier, if available,

(iv) other contact information, including telephone number and email address,

(c) the following information about the healthcare provider organisation from which the monitored medicine was supplied—

(i) the healthcare identifier,

(ii) the organisation’s name and address,

(iii) other approved information,

(d) the date on which the monitored medicine was supplied,

(e) the reference number for the prescription for the monitored medicine.

(4) In this section—

healthcare provider organisation has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 of the Commonwealth.