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Electronically transmitted prescriptions and Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions (ETP)
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Electronically transmitted prescriptions |
Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions (ETP) |
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Applies to prescriptions where a digitally signed legal order authorising the supply of a scheduled substance is produced electronically, without the need for a paper form |
Applies to prescriptions where a hand-signed legal order authorising the supply of a scheduled substance is produced on paper |
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Legal order is the digitally signed electronic record |
Legal order is the paper prescription |
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Uses a QR code to access the digitally signed legal prescription |
Uses a barcode to input the information from the paper prescription when dispensing |
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Issued by a prescriber and transmitted securely for dispensing by a pharmacist, through approved software |
Not considered an electronically transmitted prescription because the legal order is the original paper prescription |
- Electronically transmitted prescriptions approved by the Tasmanian Secretary for Health are allowed under Regulations 21 and 46 of the Poisons Regulations 2018.
- Any software system used in Tasmania to prescribe, transmit, or dispense electronically transmitted prescriptions requires approval in writing from the Secretary for Health.
- Paper prescriptions and electronically transmitted prescriptions are separate formats and are not interchangeable.
- A prescription is issued in either a paper format or an electronic format that remains the same for the life of that prescription.
- A prescription cannot be converted from one format to the other.
- Electronically transmitted prescriptions for scheduled substances listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) are claimable for subsidy in the same way as paper format prescriptions.
Approved Software
More information for prescribers and pharmacists
Fact sheets
System integration, practical implementation or technical support
- For system integration or technical support, please contact your software vendor.
- To implement electronically transmitted prescriptions, please contact your software vendor to confirm their system has approval from the Tasmanian Secretary for Health.
- For information on poisons legislation about electronic prescriptions, please contact the Pharmaceutical Services Branch.
More information for software vendors
- Any software system used in Tasmania to prescribe, transmit, or dispense electronically transmitted prescriptions requires approval in writing from the Secretary for Health.
- For information about the application process in Tasmania for approval of electronic prescription systems, after issue of a Conformance ID under the Australian Digital Health Agency Electronic Prescribing Technical Framework, please contact the Pharmaceutical Services Branch.
Fact sheets
Application Forms
ADHA framework for electronically transmitted prescriptions
For questions about the Australian Digital Health Agency Electronic Prescribing Technical Framework and Conformance ID approval, please contact the Australian Digital Health Agency:
- Phone: 1300 901 001
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: www.digitalhealth.gov.au
Tasmanian poisons legislation
For questions about Tasmanian approval of electronic prescription systems and the poisons legislation in Tasmania, please contact the Pharmaceutical Services Branch.
