THE Pharmacy Council of NSW has issued a circular to pharmacists about the "reasonably large change to the publications required to be available at all pharmacy premises and professional services room premises in NSW".
The updated list of publications reflects the Health Practitioner Regulation (New South Wales) 2016 which came into effect last month.
The new Regulation adopts the latest editions of the publications listed in the Pharmacy Board of Australia's Guidelines on practice-specific issues - Guideline 1 (List of reference texts for pharmacists) as amended from time to time.
The publications can be either in hard copy or electronic format, as long as they are accessible by way of a password known to all pharmacists at that pharmacy.
The list includes the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary, the Australian Medicines Handbook, Therapeutic Guidelines, SHPA's 'Don't Rush to Crush' handbook and a source of current Australian PI and CMI such as MIMS or AusDI - plus an "evidence-based reference work on complementary and alternative medicines".
The NSW legislation also requires access to the Therpeutic Goods Administration's Price Information Code of Practice, and no longer permits a full set of Self Care Cards as an alternative to the Australian Medicines Handbook.
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