Appendix 6: Doctors authorised to prescribe HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C drugs through the Highly Specialised Drugs Program

To be eligible to prescribe HIV/AIDS and/or Hepatitis C drugs under section 100 of the National Health Act, community (non-hospital) doctors must complete a series of special training programs, which are run through General Practice Victoria

Prescriptions for HIV/AIDS and/or Hepatitis C medications written by authorised prescribers may be dispensed in any public hospital pharmacy and claimed through the Highly Specialised Drugs Program. Community pharmacies are not able to dispense these prescriptions.

To obtain contact details of authorised community prescribers and training courses, please contact:

Sönke Tremper
Program Consultant SH³ED (Sexual Health HIV Hepatitis Education)
General Practice Victoria
1st Floor, 458 Swanston Street
Carlton, Vic. 3053
Phone: (03) 9341 5236
Fax: (03) 9341 5299
Email: s.tremper@gpv.org.au

Or:

Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Unit, Public Health Branch
Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services
Ph (03) 9096 5255

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