Standards of Practice for the Distribution of Medicines in Australian Hospitals - TAS - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You will need to comply with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Medicine Safety Standard if you intend to operate a private hospital or day-procedure centre. The standard outlines the storage, handling and distribution requirements for medicines in a safe and compliant manner.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Comply	All	Medication Safety Standard (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Health Service Establishments Act 2006 Tasmania

Regulation(s) name

Health Services Establishments Regulations 2021 Tasmania (Opens in new window)

Administering agency

Department of Health

Regulation, Licensing and Accreditation Unit

Contact details

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

Enquiries

Regulation, Licensing and Accreditation Unit

Department of Health
Tasmania
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 125 Hobart, Tasmania 7001
Phone:	03 6166 3856
Email:	hselicensing@health.tas.gov.au
Website:	Private Health Establishments Regulation and Licensing (Opens in new window)

Standards of Practice for the Distribution of Medicines in Australian Hospitals - Tasmania