40Definitions

40 Definitions

In this Division:

Claims Rules means the National Health (Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits—Under Co‑payment Data and Claims for Payment) Rules 2022.

pre‑commencement benefit: see section 50.

pre‑commencement prescription: a prescription is a pre‑commencement prescription if:

(a) the prescription was written:
(i) before 1 July 2023; and
(ii) by an authorised nurse practitioner or a medical practitioner; and
(iii) for the supply to a person of a drug that is a medication for the treatment of opioid dependence; and
(iv) in the circumstance that the prescription was for the treatment of opiate dependence, including for detoxification (withdrawal) and maintenance of withdrawal; and
(b) immediately before 1 July 2023, a pre‑commencement benefit could have been supplied to the person on the basis of the prescription.