9Payments to certain suppliers of pharmaceutical benefits

9 Payments to certain suppliers of pharmaceutical benefits

(1) An approved hospital authority for a private hospital is entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth the amount, if any, by which the dispensed price for its supply of the pharmaceutical benefit is greater than the amount that the approved hospital authority was entitled to charge under section 17.

Note: However, see Part 5A in relation to the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a CTG registered patient by a CTG supplier.

(2) An approved pharmacist or an approved medical practitioner is entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth the amount, if any, by which the dispensed price for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit is greater than the amount that the approved pharmacist or approved medical practitioner was entitled to charge under section 17. (3) The dispensed price for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit by an approved hospital authority for a private hospital, an approved pharmacist or an approved medical practitioner is to be worked out under Division 2 of Part 4.