9Who can supply pharmaceutical benefits

9 Who can supply pharmaceutical benefits

(1) A pharmaceutical benefit can only be supplied under this Special Arrangement by an approved hospital authority for a private hospital or public hospital: (a) on receipt of a valid prescription for an eligible patient; or (b) prior to the receipt of a valid prescription for an eligible patient, in circumstances where the eligible medical practitioner provides the prescription to the approved hospital authority within 7 days of the eligible medical practitioner treating the eligible patient with the pharmaceutical benefit. (2) To avoid doubt, this section modifies section 94 of the Act in that an approved hospital authority may supply pharmaceutical benefits that are subject to this Special Arrangement for an eligible patient receiving treatment in or at the hospital of which it is the governing body or proprietor, or outside of the hospital of which it is the governing body or proprietor. (3) To avoid doubt, an approved pharmacist or an approved medical practitioner cannot supply pharmaceutical benefits under this Special Arrangement. (4) Under this Special Arrangement, the supplier of a pharmaceutical benefit cannot physically supply or hand over the pharmaceutical benefit directly to an eligible patient.