11Form of prescriptions

11  Form of prescriptions

Who can write Prescriptions

 (1) Prescriptions are to be written by a Medical Practitioner, Authorised Nurse Practitioner or Authorised Midwife and except where inconsistent with the Scheme are to:

 (a) satisfy the requirements for prescriptions in the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017; and

 (b) in the case of a prescription written by an Authorised Nurse Practitioner or Authorised Midwife—only be for a Pharmaceutical benefit the person is permitted to prescribe under the National Health Act 1953 (including under the instruments under that Act).

Note: an RPBS prescriber who is an Authorised Midwife or an Authorised Nurse Practitioner may only prescribe a Pharmaceutical benefit listed on the PBS and a prescription by an Authorised Midwife or an Authorised Nurse Practitioner for a Pharmaceutical benefit that is not available on the PBS is not recognised under the Scheme, even if the Pharmaceutical benefit is available under the Scheme on the prescription of, say, an Approved Medical Practitioner.

11AA  Writing prescriptions‑general

  A prescription for the supply of a Pharmaceutical benefit must be written in accordance with;

 (a) either:

 (i) section 11A (prescriptions other than medication chart prescriptions); or

 (ii) section 11B (medication chart prescriptions); and

 (b) if the prescription is an electronic prescription—section 11C (additional requirements for all electronic prescriptions).

Note: other provisions of the Scheme may also contain requirements for writing of prescriptions.