Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00988:reg:59
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00988
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 59
Character Range: 108261–110213

59  Keeping documents—other than for continued dispensing supplies or medication chart prescriptions
 (1) An approved supplier commits an offence if:
 (a) the approved supplier supplies a pharmaceutical benefit, other than a pharmaceutical benefit that is:
 (i) a dangerous drug; or
 (ii) supplied under subsection 89A(1) of the Act; or
 (iii) supplied on the basis of a medication chart prescription; and
 (b) the approved supplier does not keep a document required by subsection (3), (4) or (5) that relates to the supply for at least 2 years from the date the pharmaceutical benefit was supplied by the approved supplier.
Penalty: 0.2 penalty units.
 (2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note 1: For a pharmaceutical benefit supplied as referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) or (iii), see sections 60 and 61.
Note 2: The document may be kept in an electronic form (see subsection 12(2) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999).

Electronic prescriptions
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), if the supply was on the basis of an electronic prescription, the approved supplier must keep:
 (a) the electronic prescription, or a copy of the electronic prescription; and
 (b) any repeat authorisation or deferred supply authorisation on the basis of which the supply was made.

Paper‑based prescriptions
 (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the approved supplier must keep a document referred to in an item in the following table if:
 (a) the supply was on the basis of a paper‑based prescription; and
 (b) the supply is of a kind referred to in that item.
Note: If a supply is covered by more than one item in the table, then documents must be kept under each of those items.

Documents to be kept for paper‑based prescriptions
Item                                                Kind of supply                                                                                                         Document