1National Health Act 1953 - Determination under subsections 85A(1) and (2) and 88(1C) - Prescription of pharmaceutical benefits by authorised Optometrists (No. PB 116 of 2008)

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Instrument number PB 116 of 2008

Determination under subsections 85A(1) and (2) and 88(1C) of the National Health Act 1953

I, DIANA MACDONELL, Acting Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Evaluation Branch, Department of Health and Ageing, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make this instrument under subsections 85A(1) and (2) and 88(1C) of the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 5th November 2008

DIANA MACDONELL

Acting Assistant Secretary

Pharmaceutical Evaluation Branch

Department of Health and Ageing

Determination — Prescription of pharmaceutical benefits by authorised

Optometrists

1 Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 December 2008.

2 Repeal

Instrument number PB 78 of 2008 is repealed.

3 Definition

In this instrument:

Act means the National Health Act 1953.

4 Form allowable

For subsection 85A(1) of the Act, the form of a pharmaceutical benefit mentioned in an item of Schedule 1 that is allowable for prescription by an authorised optometrist is the form mentioned in the description of the pharmaceutical benefit in the item.

Note More than 1 form may have been determined for a pharmaceutical benefit , in which case each form is allowable for prescription: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, para 23 (b).

5 Maximum quantity or number of units

(1) For paragraph 85A (2) (a) of the Act, the maximum quantity or number of units of a pharmaceutical benefit mentioned in an item of Schedule 1 that an

authorised optometrist may, in 1 prescription, direct to be supplied on any 1

occasion, either for all purposes or for a particular purpose (if any) mentioned in the item, is the quantity or number of units mentioned in the item.

(2) For this section, the maximum quantity of a pharmaceutical benefit mentioned in an item in Schedule 1 is in the form mentioned in the description of the pharmaceutical benefit in the item.

Note A pharmaceutical benefit may or may not have a pharmaceutical item. The description of a pharmaceutical benefit in an individual item of Schedule 1 makes it clear whether the item relates to a pharmaceutical benefit that has a pharmaceutical item or not.

6 Maximum number of repeats

For paragraph 85A (2) (b) of the Act, the maximum number of occasions

for which an authorised optometrist may, in 1 prescription, direct that the