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PB 14 of 2017

National Health (Multiple Hospitals Paperless Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 2017

National Health Act 1953

I, JULIANNE QUAINE, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Access Branch, Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this special arrangement under subsections 100(1) and (2) of the National Health Act 1953.

Dated      17    February 2017

Julianne Quaine
Assistant Secretary
Pharmaceutical Access Branch
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division
Department of Health

1 Name of Instrument

         (1)     This instrument is the National Health (Multiple Hospitals Paperless Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 2017.

         (2)     This instrument may also be cited as PB 14 of 2017.

2 Commencement

      This Special Arrangement commences on 1 March 2017.

3 Revocation

  The National Health (Multiple Hospitals Paperless Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 2016 (PB 59 of 2016) is revoked.

4 Definitions

      In these arrangements:

      Act means the National Health Act 1953.

      approved supplier means the approved supplier whose name, address and approval number are specified in Column 2 of the Schedule to this Special Arrangement opposite the name of the hospital in Column 1 of the Schedule.

      authority prescription means an authority prescription as defined in the Regulations.

      hospital means each hospital whose name and address is specified in Column 1 of the Schedule to this Special Arrangement.

      in-patient of the hospital means a person who occupies a bed in the hospital for the purpose of hospital treatment, but does not include a member of the staff of the hospital who is receiving treatment in his or her own quarters.

      medication chart means a paper based medication chart.

      medication chart prescription has the meaning given by subregulation 19AA(1) of the Regulations.

      other Special Arrangement means another Special Arrangement under section 100 of the Act.

      Regulations means the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960.

    Rules means the rules under subsection 99AAA (8) and subsection 98AC (4) of the Act.

    Note: Terms used in this Special Arrangement have the same meaning as in the Act – see section 13 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. These terms include:
         *    Chief Executive Medicare
      *    PBS prescriber
      *    pharmaceutical benefit
      *    Secretary

5 Application of Part VII of the Act

       (1) Each pharmaceutical benefit supplied in accordance with this Special Arrangement is supplied under Part VII of the Act.

        (2) A provision of Part VII of the Act, or of regulations or other instruments made for Part VII of the Act, applies subject to this Special Arrangement.

       Note:  See subsection 100(3) of the Act.

    6 Pharmaceutical benefits covered by this Special Arrangement

        (1) This Special Arrangement applies to a pharmaceutical benefit which is generally available for supply under Part VII of the Act.

       (2)  This Special Arrangement does not apply to a pharmaceutical