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Australian pharmacy practice and law
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Australian pharmacy practice and law belongs to Therapeutics and patient care, which makes up about 45% of the Overseas Pharmacist Readiness Assessment (OPRA®). Answer each question yourself before opening the explanation.

1. Which principle applies to advertising a pharmacy's professional services?

  1. Testimonials are encouraged to demonstrate quality
  2. Any advertising is permitted if the service is real
  3. Advertising must not be false, misleading or deceptive, must not create unreasonable expectations of benefit, and must not use testimonials about clinical care
  4. Only medicine advertising is regulated
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C. Advertising must not be false, misleading or deceptive, must not create unreasonable expectations of benefit, and must not use testimonials about clinical care

The national law restricts advertising of regulated health services, including the use of testimonials about clinical aspects of care, offers that encourage indiscriminate use, and claims of superiority that cannot be substantiated. These rules apply to websites and social media as well as to signage, and the practitioner is responsible for content they control.

2. Which is required when a pharmacy provides a professional service such as a MedsCheck?

  1. No documentation is needed
  2. The service can be provided at the counter
  3. Patient consent, an appropriate private area, documentation of the consultation, and adherence to the programme rules
  4. Consent is implied by attendance
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C. Patient consent, an appropriate private area, documentation of the consultation, and adherence to the programme rules

Funded professional services carry eligibility criteria, consent requirements, documentation standards and claiming rules, and audits check compliance. A private consultation area matters both for the quality of the conversation and for privacy obligations, since medicines discussions reveal health information to anyone within earshot.

3. A prescription is presented that requires an Authority. What does this mean?

  1. The PBS subsidy for that indication requires prior approval, which the prescriber obtains and records as an approval number on the prescription
  2. The prescription must be dispensed within 24 hours
  3. The medicine is a controlled drug requiring a permit from the state health department
  4. Only an authorised pharmacist may dispense it
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A. The PBS subsidy for that indication requires prior approval, which the prescriber obtains and records as an approval number on the prescription

Authority listings restrict PBS subsidy to defined clinical circumstances. The prescriber either telephones or applies online for approval and writes the approval number on the prescription, or uses a streamlined authority code where the criteria are self-assessed. The pharmacist checks that the number or code is present before claiming. It is a subsidy control, not a supply restriction, and unrelated to Schedule 8 permits.

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