National Health (Highly Specialised Drugs Program) Special Arrangement 2021
16Prescription circumstances—authority required procedures
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16 Prescription circumstances—authority required procedures
(1) This section applies to a prescription for a special arrangement supply of an HSD pharmaceutical benefit if the circumstances mentioned in Schedule 3 (if any) in which the prescription is written include: (a) Compliance with Authority Required procedures; or (b) Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures. (2) Section 19 of the Listing Instrument applies to the prescription as if: (a) a reference to Part 1 of Schedule 4 to that instrument were a reference to Schedule 3 to this instrument; and (b) a reference to an authorised prescriber were a reference to an authorised prescriber within the meaning of this instrument.