Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:2:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 27/51)
Character Range: 3364269–3368838

conditions apply.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The pharmaceutical product must be a drug or medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The amount payable is any amount by which an item exceeds AUD 31.30.
2.  During a calendar year, a member may pay repeated threshold costs outlined in paragraph 1.b for an eligible person. After the total threshold payments exceed AUD 1,141.80 for the calendar year, the member is to be reimbursed the amount by which an item exceeds AUD 5.00.
3.  If a member is accompanied at the post by the eligible person for part of the calendar year, the first threshold total in subsection 2 is reduced in proportion.
4.  A member may incur a cost during a calendar year for an eligible person's pharmaceutical products supplied in Australia during the period of the posting. In this case, the first threshold total in subsection 2 must be reduced by that cost.
5.  This section does not apply to any item provided at the posting location. This includes the Medical Equipment Set Individual Foreign Service.

15.5.10 Pharmaceutical costs – health care card

1.  A member is to be reimbursed costs for pharmaceutical products for a dependant during a calendar year if the following conditions are met.
    a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The dependant has special needs recognised under 1.3.6.
    b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The dependant held a Government issued Health Care Card which was valid at the time of leaving Australia, and provides evidence of that to their overseas post administration section.
    c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The pharmaceutical product supplied is a drug or medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor.
    d.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The pharmaceutical product supplied is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
    e.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The pharmaceutical product is for the person specified on the Health Care Card who is a member or a dependant of the member. If the pharmaceutical product is not for the person specified on the Health Care Card then section 15.5.9 applies.
2.  The amount reimbursed is the difference paid above the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme threshold of AUD 5 for each item.
3.  During a calendar year, a member may pay repeated threshold costs outlined in subsection 2 for a Health Care Card holder. After the total threshold payments reach AUD 290, the member is then eligible for the full reimbursement for each item, for the rest of the year.
4.  If a member is accompanied at the post by the eligible person for part of the calendar year, the threshold totals in subsection 3 are reduced in proportion.
5.  A member may incur a cost during a calendar year for an eligible person's pharmaceutical products supplied in Australia during the period of the posting. In this case, the total threshold amounts in subsection 3 must be reduced by