National Health (Listing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Instrument 2024
23Listed drugs and pharmaceutical benefits that can be supplied only under special arrangements (Act s 85(2A) and (8))
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23 Listed drugs and pharmaceutical benefits that can be supplied only under special arrangements (Act s 85(2A) and (8))
Listed drugs (1) For the purposes of subsection 85(2A) of the Act, a listed drug can be supplied only under special arrangements under section 100 of the Act if the code “D(100)” is mentioned in the column of a table in Schedule 1 to this instrument headed “Section 100/Prescriber Bag only” in relation to the drug. Pharmaceutical benefits (2) For the purposes of paragraph 85(8)(a) of the Act, a ready‑prepared pharmaceutical benefit can be supplied only under special arrangements under section 100 of the Act if the code “PB(100)” is mentioned in the column of a table in Schedule 1 to this instrument headed “Section 100/Prescriber Bag only” in relation to the pharmaceutical benefit. Circumstances (3) For the purposes of paragraph 85(8)(b) of the Act, if the code “C(100)” is mentioned in the column of a table in Schedule 1 to this instrument headed “Section 100/Prescriber Bag only” in relation to a pharmaceutical benefit and a circumstances code, the circumstances mentioned in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the circumstances code are circumstances in which the pharmaceutical benefit can be supplied only under special arrangements under section 100 of the Act.