Board Bulletins

2008 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.27	About the Board OHPRB to publish disciplinary decisions Update on the proposed National Registration and Accreditation Scheme University of Queensland Re-entry Program Disciplinary matters Advise change of address Registrations data for 2007-08 Complaints data for 2007-08 E-Mail contacts for the register Standard 23 now available Rescheduling of infant cough and cold medicines Generic substitution Provision of Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) Queensland University of Technology B.Pharm Zolpidem Board Contact Details
	Bulletin No.26	Pharmacists Board members Workloads Privacy and Confidentiality Registration renewal Recency of practice update Trans-Tasman mutual recognition Special alert - Codeine preparations Zolpidem (Stilnox) Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) Dispensing multiple repeats at one time Blue Cards Prescribing rights of optometrists Negative balances in CD safes Medications without directions in emergency departments University of Queensland Pharmacy Re-entry Program Pharmacist Registrations Not Renewed
2007 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.25	Will you continue practising as a pharmacist from 1 July 2007? Registration Status Change of address Pharmacy ownership declaration forms Recency of practice update Advertising practices Telephoned prescriptions The Pharmacy Board Bulletin No. 2 1994 -1995 Medication Review Research
	Bulletin No.24	Registrant Resource Kit Quality Standards Sale of S2 and S3 poisons Stability of Medication in dose administration aids Proposal for a national registration scheme for health professionals Generic substitution – patient involvement in decision Non-PBS generic substitution Prochlorperazine suppositories in very young children Revised recommended reference materials Disciplinary action What is a “high alert” medication Forged/altered prescriptions Prescribing rights of optometrists Use of scheduled drugs by podiatrists
2006 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.23	Professional handling of repeat authorisations Prescriber details for dispensing Revised recognition process for overseas trained pharmacists Additional instructions for dispensed medicines Complaints, disciplinary proceedings and health assessment Expiry dating Pharmacy Guild of Australia survey Biphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) Registration Recency of practice
	Bulletin No.22	Generic substitution Tramadol –beware potentially serious adverse effects and drug interactions Operation of pharmacies without access to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Recency of Practice Board disciplinary hearings Pseudoephedrine Retirement of Pharmacy Coordinator Appointment of new Pharmacy Coordinator
2005 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.21	Registration in Great Britain Pharmacists removed from the register Ownership of a pharmacy business Methadone dispensing error – a case study Board disciplinary hearings Hearings brought by the board in the Health Practitioners Tribunal Recency of practice Professional Indemnity Insurance Controlled drugs Expiry dating on medicines Sexual relationships between health practitioners and their patients Forged prescriptions
2004 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.20	Expiry dating on medicines Pharmacists removed from the register Privacy issues Destruction of documents SUSDP Coumarin Application for waiver of fees for general registration Reference books & registers Employment of consultant pharmacists Dispensing errors Standards for the Provision of Pharmacist Only and Pharmacy Medicines Generic substitution Similar names Recency of practice Dose administration aids
	Bulletin No.19	Amendments to the Health(Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 Standards of Practice Dispensing errors Professional Indemnity Insurance Standards for the Provision of Pharmacist Only and Pharmacy Medicines Emergency hormonal contraception The criteria for counseling Forged prescriptions Returned controlled drugs Generic substitution Disciplinary proceedings Pseudoephedrine runners Dose administration aids
2003 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.18	Price Information Code of Practice Dispensing errors Professional Indemnity Insurance Compounding Privacy Issues Pharmacists removed from the register
2002 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.17	Publishing price lists for S3 and S4 Medicines Registration Pre-Registration training Diversion of drugs – monitoring wholesale purchases Rescheduling of Pseudoephedrine and recording requirements Dispensing errors Product Bar-Code Scanners Sale of Schedule 2 Medicines Storage of Drugs and Poisons Sale of syringes Deceased estates Facsimile machines
	Bulletin No.16	Registration Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons Phoned prescriptions Disciplinary action by the Board Pseudoephedrine update Pharmacists intending to work overseas Pre-Registration training
2001 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.15	Registration Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons Dispensing errors The Pharmacists Registration Act 2001 Project to implement the Standards for the Provision of Pharmacist Only and Pharmacy Medicines in Community Pharmacy The Privacy amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 Pharmacists intending to work overseas Pre-registration training Australian Pharmacy Examining Council (APEC)
	Bulletin No.14	Dispensary assistants Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons Procedures to follow in the case of a dispensing error A guide to good dispensing The Pharmacists Registration Act 2001 Health Practitioners Professional Standards Act 1999 Project to implement the Standards for the Provision of Pharmacist Only and Pharmacy Medicines in Community Pharmacy Mail order, internet and distance dispensing services Advertising of Scheduled Products Australian Pharmacy Examining Council (APEC) Controlled drugs
2000 Bulletins
	Bulletin No.13	Pharmacy Board Project to implement the Standards for the Provision of Pharmacist Only and Pharmacy Medicines in Community Pharmacy Code of Practice Security overwraps on S3 products Pseudoephedrine diversion Board investigations of pseudoephedrine Australian Pharmacy Examining Council (APEC) Checking quantities in original packs
	Bulletin No.12	Pseudoephedrine Misuse The Legal Position The Position Nationally Professional Standards in Pharmacy New Pharmacy Legislation Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999 Complaints Against Pharmacists The Investigative Process Subsequent Course of Action for the Board The Disciplinary Process The Health Practitioner Tribunal Professional Conduct Review Panel The Pharmacy Board Impaired Practitioners