13 July End of Active Ingredient Prescribing Pharmacy Grace Period 31 July 2021 July 13, 2021 By Miranda Grace Announcement, Department of Health, DHS, Digital Health Agency, General, MBS, My Health Record, SafeScript, Services Australia 0 From 1 August 2021, new PBS and RPBS prescriptions that do not meet active ingredient prescribing requirements cannot be dispensed as PBS/RPBS prescriptions, and will need to be reissued in alignment with active ingredient prescribing requirements, or dispensed as private prescriptions (with associated out of pocket costs to consumers). The attached fact sheet for pharmacists and prescribers, is to advise them of the end of the pharmacy grace period, and what they will need to do to ensure they are ready for 1 August 2021. Attached Files 13JUL21_Prescriber - End of Pharmacy Grace Period.pdf 87.15 KB Related Articles Active Ingredient Prescribing update Active Ingredient Prescribing update Active Ingredient Prescribing Update on implementation of MBS cardiac services items for 01 July 2021 MBS Quick Guide _ July 2021 MBS Quick Guide to COVID-19 Item Numbers _ July 2021 Comments are closed.