BIOM1060 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Document Summary
Purpose of regulation: to keep public safe. Consequences of practicing outside the law: civil litigation, professional censure and removal of registration, and prosecution. Health (drugs and poisons) regulation 1996: regulations for prescribing, dispensing and administering (state based) Standard for uniform scheduling for medicines and poisons: scheduling for all available medicines (higher schedule = tighter regulations. Competency standards: knowledge and skills required to practice. Professional practice standards: how professionals should provide good care (eg. systems and procedures in place to ensure safe and effective care) Australian government subsidises costs of necessary medicines for public. Only covers drugs dispensed privately - ie. in pharmacies or on discharge (state governments responsible for medicines supplied in hospital) Endorsement: the stipulation of who can do a particular action (eg. prescribe, dispense, supply, administer) Administer: give a person a single treatment dose of a drug or poison, to be taken immediately.
