MRCA Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
11. When prescriptions are invalid11. When prescriptions are invalid
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11. When prescriptions are invalid
- A prescription is not a valid Pharmaceutical Benefit if the Medical Practitioner:
(a) prescribes a Pharmaceutical Benefit for a person in respect of whom another prescription for the same benefit has been written on the same day by the same Medical Practitioner; or
(b) prescribes, on the one form, a Pharmaceutical Benefit that is a drug of addiction and another Pharmaceutical Benefit, and directs that the supply of either Pharmaceutical Benefit is to be repeated (but, if no repeats of either item are ordered, the prescription may be accepted provided that this is in accordance with the relevant State or Territory law); or
(c) prescribes a narcotic drug for the Medical Practitioner writing the prescription; or
(d) prescribes on a Standard Prescription Form an item not listed in the RPBS Schedule or PBS Schedule; or
(e) prescribes on a Standard Prescription Form a benefit in contravention of any of the restrictions set out in paragraph 7.