27Payment of approved pharmacists and approved medical practitioners for supplies of doses of chemotherapy drugs

27 Payment of approved pharmacists and approved medical practitioners for supplies of doses of chemotherapy drugs

(1) Subject to section 40 of this instrument, an approved pharmacist or approved medical practitioner who makes a special arrangement supply of a dose of a chemotherapy drug to a patient is, subject to section 99AAA of the Act and the conditions determined under section 98C of the Act that are applicable at the time of supply, entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth: (a) for an original supply—the amount, if any, by which the dispensed price for the dose exceeds the amount that the approved pharmacist or approved medical practitioner was required to charge the patient under subsection 36(2) of this instrument for the supply; and (b) for a repeated supply—the dispensed price for the dose.

Note: Section 40 of this instrument applies to an original special arrangement supply of a dose of a chemotherapy drug if the supply is made to a CTG registered patient by a CTG supplier.

(2) Subsection (1) applies despite subsections 99(2) and (2AA) of the Act. (3) Paragraph 99AAAB(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to a special arrangement supply of a dose of a chemotherapy drug by an approved pharmacist.