View your Authorities

If you are a prescriber, you can view all of your monitored medicine authorities; read related correspondence; and click through to the related patient profile.

Your authorities list

From the navigation menu, select Authorities.

The Authorities screen is displayed, and lists all of your permits in ScriptCheckWA.

You can sort and filter the list to narrow it down.

Column Details

Authority Type

The type of authority.

Primary Prescriber The name of the prescriber named in the authority.
Site The address of the clinic named in the authority.
Co-Prescriber The names of any other prescribers included on this authority.
Status

The current status of the authority. For example:

  • Active
  • Expired
  • Pending
  • Rejected
Start Date The treatment start date of the authority.
Expiry Date The expiry date of the authority.
Last Updated The date at which the authorityin ScriptCheckWAwas last updated.

Drugs

Any medicines specified in the authority.
Conditions The number of conditions that are attached to each authority in the grid.
Correspondence

You can only see items of correspondence that are addressed to you.

Click to expand this row and show the items of correspondence associated with this permit. Then, click an item of correspondence to view it as a PDF file.

View an authority in detail

  1. In your authorities list, find the authority you want to view.
  2. Click the authority.

    The Authority Details screen is displayed.

    The sections and fields that are displayed change depending on the Authority Type and on the specific data included in the authority. This example shows an authority of the type Stimulant notification.

Different parts of the authority

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Section Description

Authority

The high-level details of the authority; including its status, type, and relevant dates.

Primary Prescriber

The name and contact details of the prescriber to whom the authority was issued.

Co-Prescribers Displays a grid containing the details of any other prescribers who are allowed to prescribe on this authority.

Patient

The name and contact details of the patient for whom the authority was issued.

The patient's address details on the authority may not match their address as recorded in ScriptCheckWA.

Medicines

Each of the drugs recorded on the authority, along with its presentation, start dose, and frequency.

Additional conditions applying to this authority Displays information about any conditions that have been attached to this authority.

Correspondence

A link to any correspondence documents related to the authority.

This section is only displayed if you are the prescriber to whom the permit was issued.