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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.