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The ‘certified instrument’ specifies the legislative requirements for a lawful electronic prescription that can be generated and sent by prescribers and received by dispensers. All health practitioners authorised to prescribe under the HDPR can generate an electronic prescription to a patient.
To support this measure, an amendment has been made to Queensland’s legislation, the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 (HDPR) that:
An electronic prescription is generated by a prescriber using conformant prescribing software. This sends the patient a unique QR barcode known as a ‘token’ via an App, SMS or email (token model). The token will be scanned by the dispenser to unlock the electronic prescription from an encrypted and secure prescription delivery service, allowing controlled and/or restricted drugs to be dispensed. Read more here
Electronic prescribing is not mandatory but provides prescribers and their patients with an alternative to paper prescriptions. Handwritten and computer-generated paper prescriptions continue to be legally acceptable ways to prescribe restricted (Schedule 4) and controlled drugs (Schedule 8) under the HDPR.
Image-based prescriptions refer to the digital transfer (e.g. fax or email) of paper prescriptions and are not electronic prescriptions. The interim arrangements for image-based prescriptions under the Commonwealth Government’s National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020 will continue until 30 September 2020 or as extended by the Commonwealth Government. Further information on these arrangements is detailed in the image-based prescription factsheets for prescribers and pharmacists. The prescription must meet all the requirements for a lawful prescription under the HDPR, including a signature.
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