Manually Enter an S8 or S9 Permit to Prescribe

S8 permits are ones that allow prescribers to prescribe drugs from the schedule 8 drugs list once they have been issued.

S9 permits are ones that allow prescribers to prescribe drugs from the schedule 9 drugs list once they have been issued.

Typically, permit applications are entered by eligible prescribers using SafeScript.

Management Portal users may need to enter information from faxed applications when a practitioner is not able to use SafeScript Health Practitioner portal to enter an application.

• Super-Regulator
• Regulator
• Admin Officer

Manually enter an S8 or S9 Permit to Prescribe

From the Search menu, select Patients to search for a patient.

Refer to Search for and Select a Patient.

In Patient Search Results, the Record Type column displays whether the record is:

• Transactional

• Regulatory

• Linked

  See Patient Record types for an explanation of these symbols.

If the patient record is Regulatory or Linked, open the relevant record.

4. In the Permits and Notifications section, select New Permit, then select either S8 Permit to Prescribe or S9 Permit to Prescribe.

5. Enter the initial data:

   • Practitioner name (Mandatory) - Click Practitioner Search, then search for and select the practitioner and OK.

   • Practitioner address (Mandatory) - Keep the primary address shown or choose a different address from the drop-down list.

   • Permit start - Defaults to today's date. You can enter or select a different date.

   • Period sought (in weeks) - If you enter a number, the Permit expiry date automatically updates with the calculated expiry date. Alternatively, you can select a Permit expiry date.

   • Ethics approval number - This is only available on the S9 Permit to Prescribe.

   • Drugs (Mandatory) - Click Add Drugs, then fill in the drug information including Drug name, Presentation, Maximum dosage, Units, and Frequency.

     You can locate the drug more quickly by entering a few letters of its name—for example, type 'Co' to filter the list to display Codeine, Oxycodone, Cocaine, and Codeine Analgesics.

   • Diagnosis (Mandatory) - Click Add Diagnosis, then select a diagnosis.

     You can locate the diagnosis more quickly by entering a few letters first—for example, type 'Can' to filter the list to display various types of Cancer.

6. When all the mandatory fields are filled in, click Save Permit.

See Process a Permit Application for next steps.