09+Law

=PEL Core Topics - Law=

February/March
1. be familiar with a guide to good dispensing and your legal responsibilities when dispensing (APF or PDL website) 2. understanding the regulations telephone and facsimile prescriptions (//Controlled Substances Act 1984 or The Pharmacists Act 1991//) 3. understanding procedures relating to drugs of addiction (//Controlled Substances Act 1984//) 4. pharmacy records: what information do you need? How long do you need to store records? (//Controlled Substances Act 1984 or The Pharmacists Act 1991//) 5. understanding the emergency supply legislation relating to S4 and S8? (//Controlled Substances Act 1984 or The Pharmacists Act 1991//) 6. read the PSA's Professional Practice Standards 7. read the PSA's S2/S3 standards

April/May
8. understanding the requirements of confidentiality relating to //The Privacy Act// 9. review S3 and S3 recordable regulations 10. understanding the legal requirements of the Methadone and Buprenorphine program (Drug and Alcohol Services and APF) 11. read the //Pharmacists Act 1991/Regulations// 12. read the PSA's Standards for Pharmacists Needle and Syringe Program 13. read the PSA's Competency Standards for Pharmacists in Australia 2003

June/July
14. read PSA's Dosage Administration Aids Guidelines 15. read the PSA's guidelines for The Provision of Pharmacy services to Residential Care Facilities 16. read the //Controlled Substances Act 1984/Regulations// 17.<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> review S8 regulations including the destruction of unwanted S8s 18.<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">advertising scheduled medicines <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

August/September
19.<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> review key areas the //Pharmacist Act 1991/Regulations// 20.<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> review key areas of the //Controlled Substances Act 1984/Regulations// 21.<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">review any changes to the scheduling of medicines (Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons) 22.<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> review of professional ethics (Board Guidelines) <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">