Toniq Green Paper

1 nicotine Prescribing nicotine Prescribing by Pharmacists. Pharmac advise that from 1 October 2017, Pharmacists will be able to authorise funded nicotine replacement without a prescription. This means that nicotine replacement medicine can be supplied to a patient on doctor s prescription, through a Quitline provider or directly to the patient by a pharmacist. nicotine 162 nicotine nicotine will not be funded under the Dispensing Frequency Rule in amounts less than 4 weeks of treatment. Note may be provided by a pharmacist under the non-prescribing Practitioners provisions in Part III of Section A Patch 7 mg Up to 28 patch available on a 28 Habitrol Patch 14 mg Up to 28 patch available on a 28 Habitrol Patch 21 mg Up to 28 patch available on a 28 Habitrol Lozenge 1 mg Up to 216 loz available on a 216 Habitrol Lozenge 2 mg Up to 216 loz available on a 216 Habitrol Gum 2 mg (Fruit) Up to 384 piece available on a 384 Habitrol Gum 2 mg (Mint) Up to 384 piece available on a 384 Habitrol Gum 4 mg (Fruit) Up to 384 piece available on a 384 Habitrol Gum 4 mg (Mint)

2 Up to 384 piece available on a 384 Habitrol Processing a pharmacist supply. When processing the NRT supply, a pharmacist should select themselves as prescribers. The pharmacist record should have Professional group set to Pharmacist and the pharmacist s registration number entered with a prefix of 00- CentralTAS advises Pharmacists will need to document the patient information and what was supplied on a Paper copy and file it in their batch for claiming purposes . See This note: May be prescribed by pharmacist - MUST print Rx Copy is on all presentations of HABITROL and Toniq will make a software change to implement automatic printing of Rx copies for pharmacist supply of NRT medicine, Claiming Information from Pharmac says that claiming for subsidy and dispensing fee is to be done in the same way as supply on prescription or Quitcard.

3 In other words only normal dispensing subsidy will be paid in the claim. Your DHB may have funded smoking cessation consultation or prescribing activity. Discuss this with your DHB portfolio manager.