National Health (Listing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Instrument 2024
14Prescription of extemporaneously‑prepared pharmaceutical benefits in certain circumstances (Act s 85(7))
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14 Prescription of extemporaneously‑prepared pharmaceutical benefits in certain circumstances (Act s 85(7))
(1) If circumstances are mentioned in column 2 of an item in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 2, then: (a) for the purposes of paragraph 85(7)(a) of the Act: (i) the listed drug mentioned in column 1 of the item is a relevant pharmaceutical benefit for the purposes of section 88A of the Act; and (ii) an extemporaneously‑prepared pharmaceutical benefit that contains the listed drug is a relevant pharmaceutical benefit for the purposes of section 88A of the Act; and (b) for the purposes of paragraph 85(7)(b) of the Act, the circumstances are circumstances in which a prescription may be written: (i) for the supply of the listed drug; or (ii) for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit that is a relevant pharmaceutical benefit under subparagraph (a)(ii) of this subsection only because it contains the listed drug. (2) If a pharmaceutical benefit contains 2 or more listed drugs that are relevant pharmaceutical benefits under subparagraph (1)(a)(i) (the component drugs), then, for the purposes of paragraph 85(7)(b) of the Act, a prescription for the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit may be written only if the circumstances mentioned in column 2 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this instrument for every component drug exist.