National Health (Botulinum Toxin Program) Special Arrangement 2011 (No. PB 89 of 2011)
8No prescriber or prescription
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8 No prescriber or prescription
(1) Subsection 88 (1) of the Act (authorising medical practitioners to prescribe pharmaceutical benefits) does not apply to the supply of a botulinum toxin pharmaceutical benefit under this Special Arrangement. (2) If a botulinum toxin pharmaceutical benefit is supplied in accordance with this Special Arrangement, regulations 13, 19, 19AA, 21, 21A, 22, 24, 25, 26, 26A, 28 and 31 of the Regulations do not apply to the supply. (3) If a botulinum toxin pharmaceutical benefit is supplied in accordance with this Special Arrangement, the following determinations do not apply to the supply: (a) a determination made under section 88 of the Act about authorised prescribers for the botulinum toxin pharmaceutical benefit; (b) a determination made under paragraph 85(7)(b) of the Act about the circumstances in which a prescription for the botulinum toxin pharmaceutical benefit may be written; (c) a determination made under paragraph 85A(2)(a) of the Act about the maximum quantities or number of units of the pharmaceutical item in the botulinum toxin pharmaceutical benefit that may, in one prescription, be directed to be supplied on any one occasion; (d) a determination made under paragraph 85A(2)(b) of the Act about the maximum number of occasions on which the supply of the botulinum toxin pharmaceutical benefit may, in one prescription, be directed to be repeated.