15Prescription circumstances — Schedule 2

15 Prescription circumstances — Schedule 2

 (1) For paragraph 85 (7) (a) of the Act, a pharmaceutical benefit is a relevant pharmaceutical benefit for the purposes of section 88A if:

 (a) it is:

 (i) a listed drug mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 2; or

 (ii) an extemporaneously-prepared pharmaceutical benefit that contains the listed drug; and

 (b) there are circumstances mentioned for the listed drug in the column headed ‘Circumstances’ in Part 1 of Schedule 2.

 (2) For paragraph 85 (7) (b) of the Act, the circumstances in which a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit mentioned in subsection (1) may be written are:

 (a) for a listed drug mentioned in subparagraph (1) (a) (i) — the circumstances mentioned in the column headed ‘Circumstances’ in Part 1 of Schedule 2 for the drug; and

 (b) for an extemporaneously-prepared pharmaceutical benefit mentioned in subparagraph (1) (a) (ii) — the circumstances mentioned in the column headed ‘Circumstances’ in Part 1 of Schedule 2 for each listed drug contained in the pharmaceutical benefit.

Note   If an extemporaneously-prepared pharmaceutical benefit contains more than one listed drug, a prescription for the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit may only be written if the circumstances mentioned for each of the listed drugs contained in the pharmaceutical benefit are met.