APPROVAL for approved pharmacists
Approved pharmacists are being advised in writing from the Department of Health and Ageing of changes to the conditions for approved pharmacists dispensing pharmaceutical benefits.
Revised conditions will:
Prohibit an approved pharmacist from being involved in dispensing or supply of pharmaceutical benefits from an unapproved pharmacy.
Prohibit an unapproved pharmacy from being a depot for collection of pharmaceutical benefits.
Prohibit an external agent from remote access to an approved pharmacist's dispense system to dispense pharmaceutical benefits.
The changes will not affect approved pharmacies which have an online presence, where a patient lodges a PBS prescription online for supply to the patient's home, as these supplies are considered to be 'from' the approved premises.
The changes do not apply to chemotherapy services, Highly Specialised Drugs or the S100 Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services programs which operate under separate regulations.
For further information, refer to the National Health Legislation Amendment (Conditions of Approval for Approved Pharmacists) Instrument 2023 and direct enquiries to pharmacyconditions@health.gov.au.
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