16Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits—Procedure by Community Pharmacists

16  Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits—Procedure by Community Pharmacists

  Subject to paragraph 16AAA (special arrangements) and paragraph 16A (continued dispensing), a Community Pharmacist is required to supply a Pharmaceutical benefit only upon the surrender of:

 (a) a valid Standard Prescription Form; or

 (b) a valid Authority Prescription Form; or

 (c) a valid repeat authorisation form presented with a duplicate prescription in accordance with the requirements under the PBS; or

 (d) a valid medication chart prescription;

provided that such documents are in accordance with State or Territory law and this Scheme and the Explanatory Notes, and with any requirements which the Department or the Commission, from time to time, notifies.

16AAA  Pharmaceutical benefits supplied under a special arrangement

 (1) A Community Pharmacist will be required to supply a Pharmaceutical benefit to an Eligible Person under a special arrangement if:

 (a) the supply is made in accordance with the conditions specified in the National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020 as in force from time to time:

 (i) as if the supply under the Scheme is a supply covered by the instrument; and

 (ii) the instrument has effect under subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) of this section; and

 (iii) to the extent that those conditions are applicable to the supply; and

 (iv) the supply of the Pharmaceutical benefit occurs before the repeal of the National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020;

 (b) the supply otherwise conforms to this section.

 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) of this section, the National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020 has effect in accordance with the following table.

 

• Modified effect of the National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020 instrument
• Item Column 1The instrument has effect as if a reference to … Column 2were a reference to …
• 1 a paper-based repeat authorisation a repeat authorisation form
• 2 a PBS prescriber a person who prescribes a Pharmaceutical benefit under the Scheme
• 3 a pharmaceutical benefit a Pharmaceutical benefit
• 4 an approved hospital authority an Approved Hospital Authority
• 5 an approved pharmacist a Community Pharmacist
• 6 a CTS claim a claim under the claims rules
• 7 Part VII of the Act the Scheme