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National Health (Chemotherapy Prescribing) Special Arrangement 2020
10Supply of pharmaceuticals under this Special Arrangement
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#### 10 Supply of pharmaceuticals under this Special Arrangement
(1) A pharmaceutical benefit may be supplied under this Special Arrangement by:
(a) a participating hospital authority to an eligible public hospital patient; or
(b) an approved hospital authority for a private hospital to an eligible private hospital patient; or
(c) an approved pharmacist to an eligible public hospital patient or eligible private hospital patient.
(2) However, a participating hospital authority may not supply a related pharmaceutical benefit under this Special Arrangement.
(3) Subsections 45(2) to (7) of the Regulations apply to a supply made under this Special Arrangement as if a reference to a person receiving treatment in or at a hospital includes a reference to a person receiving treatment from a hospital.
(4) For a supply made on the basis of an electronic medication chart prescription:
(a) paragraph 45(2)(c) of the Regulations does not apply; and
(b) the participating hospital authority, approved hospital authority for a private hospital or approved pharmacist must verify the supply and the date of supply in the electronic system used to write the prescription; and
(c) section 61 of the Regulations applies as if the reference to the details referred to in paragraph 45(2)(c) of the Regulations included a reference to the verification required by paragraph (b) of this subsection.