National Health (Listing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Instrument 2010 (No. PB 108 of 2010)
7Manner of administration
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7 Manner of administration
(1) For subsection 85 (5) of the Act, the manner of administration of a form of a listed drug mentioned in Schedule 1 is the manner of administration mentioned for that form of the drug in the column headed ‘Manner of Administration’ in Schedule 1.
(2) For paragraph 85A (2) (c) of the Act, if a manner of administration is mentioned in Schedule 1 for a form of a listed drug, a person writing a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit that has the listed drug in that form must, if including a manner of administration in the prescription, direct that the pharmaceutical benefit be administered in that manner.
(3) For subsection (2), the pharmaceutical benefit is the brand of the listed drug mentioned in Schedule 1:
(a) in the form mentioned in Schedule 1 for the listed drug; and
(b) with the manner of administration mentioned in Schedule 1 for the form of the listed drug.