National Health Act 1953 - Arrangements made under subparagraph 100(1)(b)(i) - Chemotherapy Pharmaceuticals Access Program (No. PB 37 of 2006)
Entitlement to receive chemotherapy pharmaceuticals under these Arrangements
- Subject to these Arrangements, a person who:
(a) is, or is to be treated as, an eligible person within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973; and
(b) is receiving treatment as a non-admitted patient, a day admitted patient or a patient on discharge, of a hospital as defined in paragraph 2(f); and
(c) is receiving medical treatment by a medical practitioner, within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973, who is affiliated with the hospital in or at which the patient is receiving treatment;
is entitled to receive chemotherapy pharmaceuticals under these Arrangements without the payment or furnishing of money or other consideration other than a charge made in accordance with paragraphs 20 and 20A.
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The special pharmaceutical products to which these Arrangements apply are the chemotherapy pharmaceuticals specified in column 1 of Schedule 1.
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The prescribing of a chemotherapy pharmaceutical is authorised under these Arrangements only in the circumstances, if any, specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 in relation to the chemotherapy pharmaceutical.
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The following circumstances are specified in relation to each chemotherapy pharmaceutical:
(a) where a class of persons is specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 — the chemotherapy pharmaceutical is to be supplied for the treatment of a person included in that class of persons; or
(b) where a disease or condition is specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 —
(i) if subsubparagraph (ii) does not apply — the chemotherapy pharmaceutical is to be supplied for the treatment of that disease or condition in relation to any person; or
(ii) if the disease or condition is specified in relation to a specified class of persons — that the chemotherapy pharmaceutical is to be supplied for the treatment of that disease or condition in a person included in that class of persons; or
(c) where a purpose is specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 — the chemotherapy pharmaceutical is to be supplied for that purpose.
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Where strength, type of unit, size of unit or other particulars of form are specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 or column 2 of Schedule 3 in relation to a special pharmaceutical product, each specified form of the product is a chemotherapy pharmaceutical, and these Arrangements do not apply in relation to the special pharmaceutical product in any other form.
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The manner of administration specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 or column 4 of Schedule 3 in relation to a chemotherapy pharmaceutical is the only manner of administration that may be directed to be used in relation to that product.
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