Participation requirements
To enable services to be delivered in the pilot, the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021 has been amended to enable participating pharmacists to undertake additional medicines management and prescribing activities. The parameters of these additional activities are set out in the Extended Practice Authority—Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot, available on the legislation, standards and extended practice authorities page.
Pharmacists and pharmacy owners must meet defined participation requirements, and be authorised by Queensland Health, before they can deliver pilot services. These requirements are detailed in the Participation Requirements (PDF 168 kB).
For further information on how to apply to become authorised to deliver pilot services, please email QLD-PharmacyScopePilot@health.qld.gov.au.
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Training
To ensure pilot services can be delivered safely, all participating pharmacists are required to complete additional education and training through an approved education provider. This involves completing 2 components:
- Prescribing training
This component covers the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the National Prescribing Service (NPS) Medicinewise Prescribing Competencies Framework. - Clinical practice training
This component covers the clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of the conditions included within the scope of the Pilot.
Approved education providers
- Prescribing training—The Queensland University of Technology Safe prescribing and quality use of medicines course
- Clinical practice training—The James Cook University Extended community practice pharmacists course
This list will be updated as additional education providers are approved.
2024 enrolments
Queensland Health is working with education providers to confirm course information and enrolment dates for 2024. Course details will be provided here when confirmed.
Private consultation room
Pilot services must be delivered in a private consultation room for patient privacy and to ensure confidential conversations and patient examinations can be conducted.
The Quality Care Pharmacy Program (QCPP) outlines a number of minimum standards for a consultation area. These requirements include that the consultation area:
- allows for confidential sit-down consultations between the pharmacist and patient and/or substitute decision maker
- allows the pharmacist and patient and/or substitute decision maker to talk at normal speaking volumes without being overheard by others
- is not within the dispensary.
In addition to the QCPP standards for a consultation area, room requirements to deliver Pilot services are detailed in the below table.
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