National Health (Chemotherapy Pharmaceuticals Access Program) Special Arrangement 2011 (No. PB 87 of 2011)
8Authorised prescriber
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8 Authorised prescriber
(1) Only an authorised prescriber may write a prescription for the supply of a chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefit to an eligible patient.
(2) For this Special Arrangement:
(a) only an eligible medical practitioner is an authorised prescriber; and
(b) the prescriber code for the authorised prescriber is the letters ‘EMP’.
(3) A reference in this Special Arrangement to an eligible medical practitioner is a reference to an authorised prescriber.
(4) For subsection (1), the chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefit is the brand of the listed drug mentioned in Schedule 1:
(5) Subsections 88(1), 88(1A), 88(1C), 88(1D) and 88(1E) of the Act do not apply to the supply of a chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefit under this Special Arrangement.