47Information about status of person—continued dispensing supplies and medication chart prescriptions

#### 47 Information about status of person—continued dispensing supplies and medication chart prescriptions (1) This section applies in relation to: (a) the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a person (the patient) by an approved pharmacist (the supplier) under subsection 89A(1) of the Act; and (b) the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit by an approved supplier (the supplier) on the basis of a medication chart prescription written for a person (the patient). (2) The supplier must collect the following information at the time of supply: (a) information about whether the patient is, at the time of the supply: (i) a concessional beneficiary or a dependant of a concessional beneficiary; or (ii) the holder of a concession card or entitlement card; (b) for a person referred to in subparagraph (a)(i)—the number specified on a card, issued by the Commonwealth, as an entitlement number (however described) in relation to the person; (c) for a person referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii)—the number of the concession card or entitlement card. (3) The supplier must include the information collected under subsection (2) in the claim for a payment from the Commonwealth in relation to the supply using the Claims Transmission System, within the meaning given by subsection 99AAA(1) of the Act.