13Payments to approved hospital authorities for public hospitals

13 Payments to approved hospital authorities for public hospitals

(1) An approved hospital authority for a public hospital is entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth the amount, if any, by which the dispensed price for its supply of the pharmaceutical benefit is greater than the amount that the approved hospital authority was entitled to charge under subsection 22(2).

Note: However, see Part 9 in relation to the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a CTG registered patient by a CTG supplier.

(2) The dispensed price for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit by an approved hospital authority for a public hospital is to be worked out under Division 1 of Part 7. (3) No mark‑ups may be added to the cost of a pharmaceutical benefit for which payment is claimed by an approved hospital authority for a public hospital.