Information regarding Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines
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The Podiatry Board of Australia has revised its Information Package for Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines. There has been no change to the requirements for an endorsement for scheduled medicines; however the revised information package, which is effective from 1 October 2011, provides additional guidance and further clarity to assist podiatrists and supervisors in relation to the Board’s requirements for an endorsement for scheduled medicines. The following explanatory sheet provides a summary of the main changes.
For information regarding Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines, please refer to the following documents:
Standards and Guidelines
FAQs
Prescribing information and Overview of Scheduled Medicines
Application Form
For more information about the additional Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements for podiatrists with Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines, please refer to the Guidelines for continuing professional development.
Prescription Pad Templates
The Podiatry Board of Australia provides the following templates for Prescription Pads for the consideration of use by those generally registered podiatrists who also have an endorsement for scheduled medicines; and for those generally registered podiatrists who have an endorsement for scheduled medicines and are also registered as podiatric surgeons. The Podiatry Board of Australia strongly recommends the inclusion of a carbon copy facility and numbering system for each page on any prescription pad.
To see all of the Board's Policies, Codes and Guidelines, please go here.
Supplementary Information
Copies of documents provided in support of an application, or other purpose required by the National Law, must be certified as true copies of the original documents.
For information about having documents certified as true copies, please see the Certifying Documents page on the AHPRA web site.
Information regarding podiatrists who have an Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines that is subject to a condition
The National Law provides that the Podiatry Board of Australia (Board) may endorse a practitioner’s registration as being qualified to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 medicines to patients for the treatment of podiatric conditions. An endorsement for scheduled medicines may be subject to a condition if the Board considers it necessary or desirable in the circumstances or if the condition was in effect prior to the commencement of the National Law.
The following scheduled medicines lists relate to podiatrists whose registration is endorsed for scheduled medicines subject to a condition. For example, the podiatrist's endorsement may state that it is subject to condition and the condition is that they are qualified to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use the scheduled medicines listed in one of the following lists ie. 'Scheduled Medicines List B'.