Frequently Asked Questions

If you do NOT meet the 7 HIV Prescriber Points or 3 HBV Prescriber Points by the deadline:

• if your status is ‘current’: You will be placed ‘on leave’ in the next calendar year. You CANNOT prescribe HIV or HBV s100 medications until you meet the Prescriber Point requirements whilst your prescribing status is ‘on leave’; OR
• if your status is ‘on leave’: you will be removed from the program in the next calendar year. In this case, you CANNOT prescribe HIV or HBV s100 medications until you complete the HIV or HBV s100 Prescriber Course again.

If you wish to become a prescriber again, you must complete the relevant HIV or HBV prescriber course.

To become an accredited community HBV s100 prescriber, you need to complete the Hepatitis B Advanced Management and Prescribing course. The course is delivered either fully online over two weeks with required pre- and post-course activities, or face-to-face over half a day.

Both formats include online learning modules, presentations, case discussions, and facilitated group work. Sessions are led by specialists and GPs with expertise in HBV, giving you the opportunity to learn practical strategies and discuss them with peers and experts.

Register your expression of interest in the course here.

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ASHM HIV Prescriber enquiries

Email: Contact us

Phone: 0478 695 506

ASHM HBV Prescriber enquiries

Email: Contact us

Phone: 0422 596 701

If you have been removed from the program, you must re-complete the HIV s100 Prescriber Course or the Hepatitis B Advanced Management and Prescribing course to regain accreditation and be eligible to prescribe HIV or HBV s100 medications.

To rejoin the program as an accredited prescriber after a period of leave, you are required to accrue 7 HIV Prescriber Points and/or 3 HBV Prescriber Points for the year of your absence. In addition, you must accrue the required prescriber points again for the following year to maintain your accreditation and continue prescribing.

Example (HBV):

• You go on leave from the hepatitis B s100 Program in mid-2025, having accrued only 1 HBV Prescriber Point that year.
• To rejoin the program in 2026, you must make up the shortfall by completing an additional 2 HBV Prescriber Points (so that you meet the 3-point requirement for 2025).
• To maintain accreditation into 2027, you must then complete a new set of 3 HBV Prescriber Points during 2026.

Example (HIV):

• You go on leave from the HIV s100 Program in mid-2025, having accrued only 3 HIV Prescriber Points that year.
• To rejoin the program in 2026, you must make up the shortfall by completing an additional 4 HIV Prescriber Points (so that you meet the 7-point requirement for 2025).
• To maintain accreditation into 2027, you must then complete a new set of 7 HIV Prescriber Points during 2026.

Please contact ASHM to inform us of your move, including the details of your new organisation (name, address and if this new organisation offers bulk billing and telehealth). ASHM will send a recommendation for prescribing rights to your new state or territory health department and inform you when this has been granted.

Please note that until this has been granted you are NOT authorised to prescribe s100 medications in the new state or territory.

If you are listed on one of the ASHM Prescriber maps you must update your listings accordingly through the MyASHM Prescriber Portal .

HIV Prescribers must earn seven HIV Prescriber Points each calendar year to maintain their prescriber status. This requirement begins in the second calendar year as a HIV s100 prescriber.

Each year, ASHM will also ask HIV CPD-required prescribers to complete an Annual HIV Prescriber Survey.

For more information on maintaining your HIV prescriber status and HIV CPD points please refer to the HIV Prescriber Point Suggestions page.

You need to accrue at least 3 HBV Prescriber Points each calendar year to maintain your community HBV prescriber status. To maintain your prescriber status, you must complete HBV related education either with ASHM or from an external provider and submit this in the MyASHM prescriber portal.

Yes, as long as you continue to meet the relevant Prescriber Point requirements you will maintain your HBV/HIV s100 prescriber rights.

View the HBV s100 Prescriber status requirements here.

View the HIV s100 Prescriber status requirements here.

Every financial year we have at least one HBV s100 prescriber course run for NSW, ACT, QLD, WA,  and NT. All other states are welcome to attend the national course. When a course is confirmed, there will be a webpage available for registration. Otherwise, if you can’t find one available for your jurisdiction, you can register your expression of interest here and we will contact you when a course becomes available in your jurisdiction.

You can check how many Prescriber Points you currently have by logging into the prescriber portal and navigating to the ‘accreditations’ tab.

You can submit all applicable HIV or HBV related educational activities by logging into your Prescriber Portal and navigating to the ‘Education’ tab where you will find a button ‘submit educational activity’.

All educational activities will be checked by ASHM staff on a regular basis and determined if relevant to HIV or HBV. Please provide as much information as possible. Only whole prescriber points can be provided. A general rule of thumb is 1 hour of education = 1 Prescriber Point.

For ASHM courses and conferences, staff will automatically apply relevant Prescriber Points based on your attendance. All external activities must be submitted to the prescriber portal via your MyASHM for approval.

Please contact us through our form here if you have any issues.

Please contact us through our form here to let us know your situation and we can provide further advice.

The HIV and HBV s100 prescriber courses are free for practitioners based in the course’s state/territory.

Practitioners based outside of the state/territory (including other countries) may be charged up to $600 AUD for course attendance. However, priority will be given to practitioners in the course’s state/territory.

A practice listing contains the details of each practice where you currently work, including the location, whether you bulk bill, and whether you offer telehealth appointments.

Nothing, except it underwent a name change. It it now called “Hepatitis B Advanced Management and Prescribing course”. Rest assured the content remains unchanged. This name change more accurately reflects the scope of hepatitis B management in primary care and alignment with sector needs and advocacy priorities. Importantly, eligible participants will still receive their HBV s100 accreditation following completion of all course requirements.

As an alternative to attending the HIV s100 Accredited Prescriber Course, General Practitioners (GPs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) may apply for HIV s100 prescribing rights by demonstrating evidence of prior experience in the management of HIV.

Applications are considered individually and usually require substantial supporting evidence, such as your medical CV, 2–3 years of supervisor reports demonstrating experience with HIV case-loads, and/or evidence of prescribing authorisation in another country. It will help your case if you have experience of working in HIV care in Australia

Please email your details and supporting evidence of prior experience to HIVprescriber@ashm.org.au. ASHM will notify you once your application is received and will forward the application and supporting documents to the National HIV Standards Training and Accreditation Committee for review and assessment.

Please contact education@ashm.org.au and they can delete your prescriber map listing on the prescriber maps citing a reason why you want to be removed from the map. Please note that this may not remove your details on your jurisdiction’s Health Department’s Webpage.

HIV Prescriber Map 

HBV Prescriber Map 

PrEP Prescriber Map 

To update your prescriber map listing, please contact education@ashm.org.au, letting us know the organisation, prescription type (HIV, PrEP or HBV), if you bulk bill and/or telehealth at the organisation, and your consent to be placed on the map or not.

To add a new listing to an ASHM prescriber map:

1. Log into your MyASHM account.
2. Navigate to your MyASHM portal by clicking your name in the top right corner, then ‘MyASHM Portal’.
3. Select ‘Practice Listings’.
4. You will see the practice locations you are associated with.
5. To add a new listing for the Prescriber Map, click ‘Create new practice’
6. Tick ‘Yes’ to the question “Do you want to publish on our prescriber maps?”
7. Select your Prescriber type under the question “Prescription of”
8. Fill out the remaining questions.
9. Select ‘Create’.

If you prescribe PrEP, HIV s100 medications, and HBV s100 medications at the same Practice Listing, you’ll need to create separate listings on each map.

Note: only current HIV and HBV s100 prescribers will be shown on the associated maps.

ASHM’s prescriber maps provide up-to-date information on the location and contact details of PrEP prescribers, and accredited prescribers for the management and treatment of hepatitis B, and HIV across all states and territories in Australia.

Please note that the maps operate on a voluntary participation basis and do not represent a comprehensive list of all accredited s100 or PrEP prescribers.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a section 85 (s85) medication, which means any medical or nurse practitioner in Australia can prescribe PrEP by following the National ASHM PrEP Guidelines.

Practitioners can also refer to the ASHM Decision Making in PrEP tool for support.

We recommend completing the free Introduction to PrEP Prescribing online learning module to enhance your knowledge. Our online learning modules require a MyASHM account.

The dates for upcoming HIV s100 Prescriber Courses vary by jurisdiction. To be notified when a course becomes available in your area, we recommend joining the HIV s100 Accredited Prescriber Course Expression of Interest list. You will receive an email with the registration link once a course is scheduled.

If you enrol in a course outside your jurisdiction, your placement will only be confirmed if spaces remain available after priority has been given to participants from within the jurisdiction.You may also check the HIV Training page regularly to see if courses are currently open in your jurisdiction.

By joining the HIV s100 Accredited Prescriber Course – Expression of interest list, you will be sent an email with the registration page when a course is available in your jurisdiction. If you register in a course outside your jurisdiction, your placement will only be confirmed if spaces remain available after priority has been given to participants from within the jurisdiction.

You can also keep an eye out on the HIV training page and see if there is a course available in your jurisdiction now.

For urgent issues, please contact your local sexual health clinic.

For other queries please contact ASHM and the team can put you in touch with a HIV Clinical Advisor.

You can also refer to ASHM’s HIV guidelines and resources.

A) Practitioners in hospital settings

To prescribe HSDs under the PBS, a prescriber must be:

Affiliated with the hospital the patient is receiving treatment from and be either:

• a staff hospital specialist, or
• a visiting or consulting specialist of the hospital

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An eligible medical practitioner in a public or private hospital may prescribe HSDs.

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B) Accredited prescribers under community access arrangements

You can prescribe under these arrangements if you are:

• a hospital-based prescriber or general practitioner, and
• an accredited prescriber of that medication

You do not have to be affiliated with a public or private hospital. The medications you can prescribe under the arrangements are:

• HIV ART for initial and maintenance therapy
• hepatitis B items for initial and maintenance therapy, and
• clozapine for maintenance therapy only

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C) GPs who are NOT s100 prescribers, in very limited situations:

• in circumstances where it is impractical for the patient to see a specialist (e.g. rural/remote)
• maintenance therapy only (not initiation)
• with agreement from a specialist

a medical practitioner prescribing maintenance therapy when it is impractical to get a prescription from the treating affiliated specialist medical practitioner and the specialist has agreed to the prescription

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Those that work only in hospital settings over 50% of the time are exempt from Prescriber Point requirements. If you move to a primary health setting, you will be required to notify ASHM of the change, and we will update your profile.

HIV Prescriber Point opportunities are provided regularly by ASHM. These can be found on the HIV Learning Hub and HIV Prescriber Point Suggestions page.

In addition, you may self-claim external, non-ASHM training in HIV management or HIV prevention. For guidance on this process, please refer to the FAQ: How do I submit educational activities for Prescriber Points?

To become an accredited community HIV s100 prescriber, you need to complete the HIV s100 Prescriber Course. The course is delivered either fully online over four weeks with required pre- and post-course activities, or face-to-face over a weekend. Both formats include online learning modules, presentations, case discussions, and facilitated group work. Sessions are led by specialists and GPs with expertise in HIV, giving you the opportunity to learn practical strategies and discuss them with peers and experts.

Register your expression of interest in the course here.

ASHM is now responsible for the ongoing training and coordination of the hepatitis B and HIV Prescriber Programs in Victoria. All queries relating to prescribers in Victoria can be directed to ASHM.

The HBV s100 prescriber program does NOT have Prescriber Point exemptions like the HIV s100 prescriber program. However, if you are a practitioner in an affiliated hospital setting you can prescribe HBV s100 medications without requiring a HBV s100 accreditation. For more information, please see: Who can prescribe highly specialised drugs (s100) for hepatitis B?

Any HBV focused educational activities can be completed to earn you HBV Prescriber Points. We have a Prescriber Points suggestions page that includes ideas for eligible Prescriber Points activities here.

You can view the HBV s100 prescriber program landing page here, which is updated with upcoming courses. Otherwise, you can register your expression of interest here and we will contact you when a course becomes available in your jurisdiction.