{"id":"F2010L01723","name":"Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved medical practitioners) Determination 2010","slug":"commonwealth-price-pharmaceutical-benefits-supplied-by-approved-medical-practitioners-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":153069,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L01723-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved medical practitioners) Determination 2010","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nCommonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved medical practitioners) Determination 20101\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nI, ANDREA KUNCA, Acting Assistant Secretary, Community Pharmacy Branch, a delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make this Determination under paragraph 98C (1) (a) of the National Health Act 1953.\n\nDated 18 June 2010\n\nANDREA KUNCA\n\nActing Assistant Secretary, Community Pharmacy Branch\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved medical practitioners) Determination 2010.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on 1 July 2010.\n\n3 Revocation\n\nThe Determination titled “Determination under paragraph 98C (1) (a)”, made on 16 July 1996, is revoked.\n\n4 Definition\n\nIn this Determination:\n\n> Act means the National Health Act 1953.\n\n> Approved Pharmacists Determination means the Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved pharmacists) Determination, as it applies at the time that a pharmaceutical benefit is supplied.\n\n5 Commonwealth price\n\nFor paragraph 98C (1) (a) of the Act, the Commonwealth price for a pharmaceutical benefit that is supplied by an approved medical practitioner is the price determined under the Approved Pharmacists Determination, as if the benefit had been supplied by an approved pharmacist.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1513},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination replaces a 1996 instrument with the identical purpose of setting Commonwealth prices for pharmaceutical benefits supplied by medical practitioners. The scope remains tightly focused on this specific pricing mechanism without expansion into new areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms in the entire instrument","Single operative provision consisting of a direct cross-reference to another determination","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Extremely short length (5 sections total)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets the price the Australian Government pays for prescription medicines when they are supplied directly by approved medical practitioners (doctors specifically authorised to provide Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines to patients).\n\n**How it works**\nInstead of creating a separate pricing formula for doctors, this instrument adopts the existing prices set for pharmacists. When a doctor supplies a pharmaceutical benefit directly to a patient, the government pays them the exact same amount it would have paid a pharmacy for that same medicine.\n\n**Why this matters**\nThis ensures fair and consistent pricing across different types of healthcare providers and avoids creating duplicate administrative systems. It applies the same reimbursement rules whether you receive your subsidised medicine from a pharmacist or from an authorised doctor."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-price-pharmaceutical-benefits-supplied-by-approved-medical-practitioners-determination-","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-price-pharmaceutical-benefits-supplied-by-approved-medical-practitioners-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-price-pharmaceutical-benefits-supplied-by-approved-medical-practitioners-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-price-pharmaceutical-benefits-supplied-by-approved-medical-practitioners-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-price-pharmaceutical-benefits-supplied-by-approved-medical-practitioners-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-price-pharmaceutical-benefits-supplied-by-approved-medical-practitioners-determination-/documents"}}