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Belongs to http://schema.pbs.gov.au/ XML Namespace. Defined in PBS XML Schema grammar.
This is a complex type of element.
A prescribing rule. That is, a pharmaceutical benefit.
See also prescribing rule, PBS Item, new TPP is listed on an existing prescribing rule, old prescription, new prescription, existing item code, Complex Authority Required (CAR) Item, DHS Complex Administration, HSD
The prescribing-rule element.
Content of the prescribing-rule element.
All of the following (in any order):
This element may reference terminology concepts from the PBS Item Code (http://pbs.gov.au/code/item) class of concepts.
This code corresponds to that which is currently displayed in the Schedule; the PBS Item Code. The URI for this coding scheme is http://pbs.gov.au/code/item. The OID for this coding scheme is 1.2.36.1.2001.1004.200.10009. This is the default coding scheme.
See also PBS Item Code, PBS Number, Padded PBS Item Code
Any one of the following:
Details of the listing.
Optionally:
A description of what is being listed.
Optionally:
Additional metadata for the listing.
What classes of prescriber may prescribe the medicine and how any application to prescribe the medicine is assessed. Each benefit type specifies one or more prescriber types. However, a given prescriber type must only have one benefit type in relation to a given prescribing rule.
Optionally:
What classes of prescriber may or may not prescribe an increased quantity of the medicine and how an application for the increase is assessed. Each increase specifies the value for either maximum prescribable or number of repeats for one or more prescriber types. A given prescriber type must only have a single increase value specified for maximum prescribable and number of repeats. Every prescriber type that is associated with a benefit type for a given prescribing rule must have an increase value specified for maximum prescribable and number of repeats for the same prescribing rule. Only prescriber types that have a benefit type specified for the prescribing rule may have an increase specified.
Details of groups that this is a member of.
Optionally:
Notes and cautions for the prescribing rule. These apply to all prescriber types of the item. Restrictions are not included here but are instead specified for each benefit type.
Zero or more of the following:
Content that has been deleted.
One or more of the following:
Any one of the following:
The most recent start of current contiguous product listings.
The date when the prescribing rule became supply-only. That is, when the last product-listing ceased to be effective and became supply-only.
The date when the prescribing rule became non-effective. That is, when the last product-listing became non-effective.
For future extensions.
<program xml:id="a317195"> <effective>...</effective> <info>...</info> <dispensing-rules-list>...</dispensing-rules-list><prescribing-rule xml:id="a62708"> <code rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/code/item">...</code> <preferred-term rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/legal">...</preferred-term> <member-of-list>...</member-of-list> <effective>...</effective> ... </prescribing-rule><prescribing-rule xml:id="a62713">...</prescribing-rule> <prescribing-rule xml:id="a62720">...</prescribing-rule> <prescribing-rule xml:id="a62725">...</prescribing-rule> <prescribing-rule xml:id="a62728">...</prescribing-rule> ... </program>
The pbs:prescribing-rule element may include the following attributes:
| Name | Optional | Allowed Values | Default Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| xml:id | Yes | text | Identifies the unique ID value of the element | |
| xml:base | Yes | text | Specifies the base URI of the element and its descendants | |
| xml:lang | Yes | text | Specifies the natural language of the element and its descendants | |
| rdf:resource | Yes | "anyURI" datatype | Reference to a terminology concept. | |
| previous | Yes | "anyURI" datatype | Hyperlink to the previous value of the element. |