NIP Vaccinations in Pharmacy

National Immunisation Program Vaccinations in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) Program

The National Immunisation Program Vaccinations in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) Program allows eligible patients to access free National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccines in a community pharmacy, with no out-of-pocket costs.

The NIPVIP Program will commence on 1 January 2024, with program registration and claiming available in the PPA Portal from this date.

Participating pharmacies can receive a payment of $18.85 per vaccination for the administration of National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccines in a pharmacy setting, for individuals aged 5 years and over. The NIP vaccines that can be administered by pharmacies are determined by state and territory legislation.

The PPA Portal also provides the following program information:

Eligibility (Service Provider and Patient Eligibility)
Claiming and Payments
Program FAQ, and
Program Rules and Downloads.

Important

The NIP vaccines that pharmacies can administer are determined by state and territory legislation, including by vaccine and age cohort.
Where a patient does not meet the eligibility criteria or does not consent to their details being provided to the PPA for claiming purposes, the NIPVIP Service Provider may offer the service at a patient’s cost, ensuring compliance with state and territory requirements/legislation
Where a pharmacy is administering a NIP vaccine to a patient less than 5 years of age at the time of vaccination, the pharmacy must not charge for the NIP vaccine itself. They may however choose to charge the patient a fee to administer the vaccine, so long as they are authorised to administer the vaccine for the age group in a pharmacy setting as per state/territory legislation.

Key Resources

State and Territory information

State/Territory	Links to pharmacist vaccination standards/codes/protocols/supply arrangements and relevant guidelines
ACT	Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2023 (No 1) ACT Pharmacist Vaccination Standards
NSW	NSW Pharmacist Vaccination Standards Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
NT	Administration of Vaccines by Pharmacists at Pharmacies NT Protocol Administration of Vaccines by Pharmacists at places other than Pharmacies in the NT Protocol COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Protocols
QLD	Extended Practice Authority ‘Pharmacists’
SA	Vaccine Administration Code
TAS	Tasmanian Vaccination Program Guidelines Community Pharmacy Provision of COVID-19 Vaccine in Tasmania
VIC	Victorian Pharmacist-Administered Vaccination Program Guidelines Secretary Approval - COVID-19 vaccine Secretary Approval – Pharmacist immunisers
WA	SASA – Vaccines

National Centre for Immunisation Research in Australia

Page last updated on: 15 December 2023