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Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
14Prescribing outside the RPBS Schedule or PBS Schedule
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14 Prescribing outside the RPBS Schedule or PBS Schedule
If a Medical Practitioner is of the clinical opinion that there are no therapeutic alternatives available in the RPBS Schedule or PBS Schedule for the treatment of an Eligible Person, the Medical Practitioner may seek Prior Approval from the Commission to prescribe an item not contained in those Schedules.