Receipting HSD prescriptions

Receipting

For receipting HSD prescriptions, the patient, or an agent of the patient, must sign and date the HSD prescription, when supplied, to certify they have received the medicine. Agents acting on behalf of the patient must sign, date and write their own address on the receipt. The approved pharmacist must certify the benefit was supplied where it is impractical to get a receipt or acknowledgement from the patient or their agent.

A certification must include:

• the reason why a receipt could not be received from the patient or agent
• the date of supply, and
• the pharmacist’s name and signature

Other pharmacy staff must not act as an agent or certify supply in the ordinary course of pharmacy business.

PBS Safety Net for HSDs

All PBS HSDs dispensed under this initiative will count towards an eligible person's PBS Safety Net threshold.

Under the PBS Safety Net, patients receive additional PBS benefits when their annual
out-of-pocket cost for prescription items exceeds a specified threshold. The PBS Safety Net threshold can be reached using prescriptions filled at community pharmacies, friendly societies and public hospitals.