Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1994 No. 348 NATIONAL HEALTH (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 21

21.1 Subregulation 26 (1): Omit the subregulation, substitute:

"(1) If an approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved
hospital authority supplies a pharmaceutical benefit under:

   (a)  an original of a prescription that contains a direction to supply the
        benefit more than once; or

   (b)  a duplicate of a prescription to which is attached a deferred supply
        authorisation that contains a direction to supply the benefit more
        than once; or

   (c)  a duplicate of a prescription to which is attached a repeat
        authorisation that contains a direction to supply the benefit more
        than once; the person or authority must comply with subregulation (1A)
        unless no subsequent supply of the pharmaceutical benefit is to be
        made under the prescription.



"(1A) The approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved
hospital authority must:

   (a)  on or before supplying the pharmaceutical benefit:

        (i)    prepare, in duplicate, a repeat authorisation in accordance
               with a form authorised by the Secretary for the supply of the
               pharmaceutical benefit; and

        (ii)   if the prescription for the benefit is written on an authority
               prescription-mark the number of the authority prescription on
               the repeat authorisation; and

        (iii)  attach the repeat authorisation to the duplicate of the
               prescription; and

        (iv)   give the repeat authorisation and duplicate of the prescription
               to the person to whom the pharmaceutical benefit is supplied;
               and

   (b)  for the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit on the first
        occasion-mark on the repeat authorisation:

        (i)    the name and address of the approved supplier; and

        (ii)   the approval number given to the approved supplier under
               regulation 8A; and

        (iii)  the identifying number given to the prescription by the
               approved supplier; and

   (c)  for the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit on a subsequent
        occasion-mark on the repeat authorisation:

        (i)    the date on which the most recent supply was made; and

        (ii)   the identifying number given to the prescription under
               subparagraph (b) (iii); and

   (d)  for:

        (i)    a concession card prescription; or

        (ii)   an entitlement card prescription; or

        (iii)  a concessional benefit prescription; mark on the repeat
               authorisation the entitlement number appearing on the
               prescription. Penalty: $20.".

21.2 Paragraph 26 (1A) (b): Add at the end:

"(iv) if the pharmaceutical benefit is a substitute benefit for the purposes
of subsection 103 (2A) of the Act-the brand name of the substitute benefit;
and".

21.3 Subregulation 26 (2): Omit "authorized", substitute "authorised".

21.4 Paragraph 26 (2) (a): Omit "authorization" (twice occurring), substitute
"authorisation".

21.5 Paragraph 26 (2) (b): Omit the paragraph, substitute:

"(b) there is written on the repeat authorisation or deferred supply
authorisation the approval number given to the supplier under regulation 8A;".