National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017
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86 Nominating bodies
Industry organisations (1) For the purposes of paragraph 100B(1AA)(a) of the Act, the following industry organisations are prescribed: (a) Medicines Australia Limited; (b) Generic Medicines Industry Association Pty Ltd trading as the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association; (c) Ausbiotech Ltd. Consumer organisations (2) For the purposes of paragraph 100B(1AB)(a) of the Act, the following consumer organisations are prescribed: (a) the Consumers Health Forum of Australia Ltd; (b) the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Incorporated; (c) the Australian Consumers’ Association. Professional associations (3) For the purposes of paragraph 100B(1A)(b) of the Act, the following professional associations of health economists are prescribed: (a) the Australian Health Economics Society Inc; (b) the Economic Society of Australia Inc. (4) For the purposes of paragraph 100B(1A)(c) of the Act, the following professional associations of pharmacists are prescribed: (a) the Pharmacy Guild of Australia; (b) the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia; (c) the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia. (5) For the purposes of paragraph 100B(1A)(d) of the Act, the following professional associations of medical practitioners are prescribed: (a) the Australian Medical Association Limited; (b) the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; (c) the Doctors Reform Society—Australia Inc; (d) the Australian Federation of Medical Women Inc. (6) For the purposes of paragraph 100B(1A)(e) of the Act, the following professional associations of clinical pharmacologists are prescribed: (a) the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; (b) the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists. (7) For the purposes of paragraph 100B(1A)(f) of the Act, the following professional associations of specialists are prescribed: (a) the Australian Medical Association Limited; (b) the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; (c) the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges.