National Health (Chemotherapy Pharmaceuticals Access Program) Special Arrangement 2011 (No. PB 87 of 2011)

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Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

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National Health Act 1953

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F2011L02507

30 November 2011 - 31 December 2011

Table of contents

1 Name of Special Arrangement
2 Commencement
3 Revocation
4 Definitions
5 Pharmaceutical benefits covered by this Special Arrangement
6 Application of Part VII of the Act
7 Responsible person
8 Authorised prescriber
9 Prescription circumstances
10 Methods of prescribing a chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefit
11 Information to be included in medication chart
12 Authority required procedures
13 Authority required procedures — submission of paragraph 10 (1) (a) prescription
14 Authority required procedures — authorisation of paragraph 10 (1) (a) prescription
15 Authority required procedures — submission of paragraph 10 (1) (b) medication chart
16 Authority required procedures — authorisation of paragraph 10 (1) (b) medication chart
17 Streamlined Authority Code
18 Maximum quantity
19 Variation to maximum quantity or number of units
20 Maximum number of repeats — paragraph 10 (1) (a) prescription
21 Maximum number of repeats — paragraph 10 (1) (b) medication chart
22 Section 100 only supply
23 Entitlement to chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefits
24 Supply of chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefits under this Special Arrangement
25 Modification to regulations
26 Acknowledging receipt of supplied chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefits
27 How claims to be made
28 Modifications to claim rules
29 Payments to approved hospital authorities
30 Method of working out dispensed price
31 Dispensed price for supply of a chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefit
32 Where quantity is less than in manufacturers’ pack
33 Lowest price to be applied
34 Rounding of dispensed price
35 Patient contribution for chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefits mentioned in Schedule 4
36 Patient contribution for chemotherapy pharmaceutical benefits not mentioned in Schedule 4
- Schedule 1 Pharmaceutical benefits covered by this Special Arrangement and related information
- Schedule 2 Responsible Person Codes
- Schedule 3 Circumstances and Purposes Codes

National Health (Chemotherapy Pharmaceuticals Access Program) Special Arrangement 2011 (No. PB 87 of 2011)

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