National Health (Listing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Instrument 2010 (No. PB 108 of 2010)
9Authorised prescriber
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9 Authorised prescriber
(1) For subsection 88 (1A) of the Act, a participating dental practitioner is authorised to write a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit if the initials PDP are mentioned for the pharmaceutical benefit in the column headed ‘Authorised Prescriber’ in Schedule 1.
(2) For subsection 88 (1C) of the Act, an authorised optometrist is authorised to write a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit if the initials AO are mentioned for the pharmaceutical benefit in the column headed ‘Authorised Prescriber’ in Schedule 1.
(3) For subsection 88 (1D) of the Act, an authorised midwife is authorised to write a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit if the initials MW are mentioned for the pharmaceutical benefit in the column headed ‘Authorised Prescriber’ in Schedule 1.
(4) For subsection 88 (1E) of the Act, an authorised nurse practitioner is authorised to write a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit if the initials NP are mentioned for the pharmaceutical benefit in the column headed ‘Authorised Prescriber’ in Schedule 1.
(5) For this section, the pharmaceutical benefit is the brand of the listed drug mentioned in Schedule 1:
Note A medical practitioner may prescribe any pharmaceutical benefit — see subsection 88 (1) of the Act.