Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Prescriber Registration / Number - AG - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You will require this approval if you are a registered health professional and you intend to prescribe medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). A PBS prescriber number will enable you to prescribe medication under the PBS.

You will be able to receive a prescriber number if you work in one of the following health professions:

general and medical practitioners
nurse practitioners
midwives
dentists
optometrists.

This may be permitted in an area where the community does not have a convenient and efficient pharmaceutical service.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this approval you must:

be registered with the national board relevant to your health profession and / or Australian Health Professional Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
provide written confirmation that you have been endorsed to prescribe medication from your state or territory registration authority
have successfully undertaken an approved prescribing qualification
be working from a location where no pharmacist is operating within a reasonable distance.

You cannot receive a prescriber number if you are an allied health professional.

You will need more than one prescriber number if you provide services in multiple health professions.

Duration

Ongoing. However, you will need to reapply if you change locations.

Fees

Task	Type	Business Structure	Description
Apply	Application	All	No fees are required.

Forms

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Apply	All	Application for a Medicare Provider Number and / or PBS Prescriber Number for a Midwife or Nurse Practitioner - PDF (Opens in new window)
Apply	All	Application for a Medicare Provider Number and / or Prescriber Number for a Medical Practitioner (Opens in new window)
Apply	All	Application for a Medicare Provider Number and / or Prescriber Number for Allied Health and Non-Medical Health Professionals - PDF (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

National Health Act 1953 Australian Government

Regulation(s) name

National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017 Australian Government

Administering agency

Department of Social Services

Services Australia

Medicare Australia

Contact details

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Victoria
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9826 Melbourne, Victoria 3001
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Western Australia
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9826 Perth, Western Australia 6001
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Tasmania
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Hobart, Tasmania 7001
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Australian Capital Territory
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9826 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Queensland
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9826 Brisbane, Queensland 4001
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Northern Territory
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9826 Darwin, Northern Territory 0801
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
New South Wales
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9826 Sydney, New South Wales 2001
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

PBS General Enquiries

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
South Australia
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9826 Adelaide, South Australia 5001
Phone:	13 22 90
Email:	pbs@medicareaustralia.gov.au

Supporting information

Apply for a Provider Number or Prescriber Number (Opens in new window)

PBS for Prescribers (Opens in new window)

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Prescriber Registration / Number - Australian Government