Step 1: Registrant details

The SafeScript NSW Practitioner Registration page is launched in your web browser.

Your Ahpra number is pre-populated if you have accessed this screen from the link in your invitation email. If it is incorrect, please email Support. If you have not received an invitation email, enter your full Ahpra number under registrant details.

Enter your Date of Birth, then tick the checkbox selecting I consent to using Ahpra to verify my details and retrieve my email address in my Ahpra profile.

SafeScript NSW will check your Aphra registration status. If your date of birth is correct and your registration is current, further details from your Ahpra registration are displayed.

If your Ahpra registration details are out of date, please contact Ahpra to update them. To change your SafeScript NSW username after registering, contact Support.

SafeScript NSW will send an email containing a verification code to the email address associated with your Ahpra registration.

Step 2: Contact details

1. Copy the verification code sent by SafeScript NSW to your email account.
2. In the SafeScript NSW registration portal, enter the Verification Code, then click Verify.
3. Required for prescribers: Enter your Prescriber Number (Note: This field is not displayed to pharmacists). The Prescriber Number is issued by Services Australia. You need this to prescribe medicines for your patients under the PBS. If you are a prescriber but do not have a Prescriber Number, such as medical officers in a NSW public hospital, please contact technical Support on 1800 776 633 or email nswrtpm@fred.com.au
4. Optional: Enter your Contact phone number (without any spaces). This number will be kept private and will be used only to communicate with you about SafeScript NSW.
5. Click Next.

Step 3: Preferred email address

If you would prefer to use a different email address for SafeScript NSW, you can set up your alternative email address at this point. Your preferred email address cannot be a NSW Health email address ending in @health.nsw.gov.au.

To continue with the email address you use for Ahpra click Next to skip this step.

1. Enter your Preferred Email Address, then click Send Code. SafeScript NSW will send an email with a verification code to the email address you entered.
2. Copy the verification code sent by SafeScript NSW from your email account. In the SafeScript registration portal, enter the Verification Code, then click Verify.
3.  Click Next

Step 4: Account information

Your username is your email address (either the email address associated with your Ahpra registration, or the preferred email address, if provided). To change your username after registering, contact Support.

1.  Enter your Username
2. Create a Password that you will use to access SafeScript NSW, then enter it again in the Re-Type Password field. Your password must be between 8 and 16 characters, contain uppercase and lowercase letters, at least one number or symbol (e.g. !?&) and no spaces.
3. Tick the checkbox to confirm that you have read and accepted the Privacy Policy.
4. Click Submit.

Your registration is now complete. The registration portal will display a message to confirm your registration.

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To protect patients’ data stored in SafeScript NSW against unauthorised access, do not share your username and password. The first time you log into SafeScript NSW you must also set up an additional security verification method. NSW Health prescribers and pharmacists will be able to link their NSW Health email to their SafeScript NSW registration so they can log into the SafeScript NSW system using their StaffLink ID and password.