National Health (Highly Specialised Drugs Program) Special Arrangement 2021
25Conditions for approved pharmacists
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25 Conditions for approved pharmacists
Special arrangement supplies of certain HSD pharmaceutical benefits (1) The Approved Pharmacists Conditions Determination does not apply to the dispensing or supply of an HSD pharmaceutical benefit if: (a) the manner of administration of the benefit is injection or extracorporeal circulation; and (b) the benefit does not have a drug that is a community access medication; and (c) the supply is a special arrangement supply of the benefit. ODT pharmaceutical benefits—special arrangement supplies through agents (2) If a supply of an ODT pharmaceutical benefit is a special arrangement supply of the benefit mentioned in subsection 26(2) of this instrument, the Approved Pharmacists Conditions Determination applies to the dispensing and supply of the benefit as if paragraph 6(e), subsection 9(1), section 10, paragraphs 14(a) and (b) and section 15 of that Determination were omitted. ODT pharmaceutical benefits—special arrangement supplies other than through agents (3) If a supply of an ODT pharmaceutical benefit is a special arrangement supply of the benefit other than a special arrangement supply of the benefit mentioned in subsection 26(2) of this instrument, the Approved Pharmacists Conditions Determination applies to the dispensing and supply of the benefit as if paragraph (c) of the definition of dispensing step in section 5 of that Determination were omitted.