Prescription Fees

Fees are normally charged for scripts requested outside of appointments.

 Script Request Form

Scripts are to be provided as eScripts wherever possible

before or instead of issuing the script, your paediatrician or their locum,​ ​as per their professional, clinical and regulatory responsibilities,

  • may require a face-to-face appointment to review your child's progress, medication side effects or efficacy before issuing a script at any time.

  • may require a face-to-face review, usually a month, after beginning a new medication or dosage ​change.

  • will require, in the case of Authority Prescriptions, that your child is reviewed with a physical check-up face to face at least every six months and may decline the script request until your child can attend a review appointment.​ Please contact the rooms to arrange an appointment if not already booked.

  • may agree that a child from a regional, rural or remote area may have their medication reviewed over video but also require a physical check with and report from a more local health provider such as a GP. 

  • may issue an interim script, if possible,​ once you have booked a review appointment and require that your child attend that appointment before any further prescription is made.

  • will require your child to have a current referral to their care for this matter. 

  • may decline to renew the prescription.

Invoice due date:  

  • If your child's next appointment is currently scheduled within one month,

    • your payment of this invoiced amount is due no later than the day of that scheduled appointment.

  • If no appointment is currently scheduled within the next month,

    • your payment is due within 7 days of the issue of this invoice. 

    • please phone the rooms to put through the payment or make a bank transfer.

  • If the currently scheduled next appointment is cancelled or rescheduled to a later date,

    • your payment is due when you cancel or reschedule this appointment.

If your doctor, at their discretion, declines to issue the script or waives the fee,

  • any script fees you have paid will be changed to an Account Deposit and applied to contribute to the payment of the fee for your child's next appointment unless there are no further appointments scheduled.

  • any unpaid invoice will be credited.