Reprinting Authority Scripts
When reprinting an Authority item after having closed the patient's record, you will prompted to confirm that the Indication for Authority has not changed. If it has, then it can be edited at this time. The Phone Approval number window is also displayed, so that an Approval number can be obtained and entered.
If the printer fails when first printing an authority prescription, it is possible to re-print the prescription with the same Authority and Approval numbers by flagging the item for printing again, as explained above. These numbers are stored against the item until the patient's record is closed.
For Practitioners in Western Australia, all S8 prescriptions will print the patient's date of birth on the script.