Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01336:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01336
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 2489–5499

4              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 the 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.

5 Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits

      (1)   An electronic medication order approved by a PBS prescriber in which is prescribed a pharmaceutical benefit for the treatment of the patient of the hospital who is named on the electronic medication order, will be taken to be a duly written prescription, within the meaning of regulation 19 of the Regulations, provided that:

          (a)     the location within the hospital of the patient for whose treatment the electronic medication order was prepared will be taken to be the address of that patient for the purpose of paragraph 19(1)(d) of  the Regulations; and

          (b)     the electronic medication order bears the number of the Medicare card, including the sub-numerate, which applies to the patient for whose treatment the electronic medication order was prepared; and

          (c)     in the case of an electronic medication order prepared in respect of a patient of the hospital who is not a general patient within the meaning of subsection 84(1) of the Act, the electronic medication order bears the matters prescribed by subregulation 19A(1) of the Regulations; and

          (d)     the electronic medication order bears the identification number issued by the Secretary to the PBS prescriber, according to regulation 8A of the Regulations, who prescribed the pharmaceutical benefit; and

          (e)     in the case of authority required benefits, the prescriber includes the authority approval number or streamlined authority code (whichever is applicable) in accordance with sub regulation 19(1)(b).

6 Supply and Claiming of Pharmaceutical Benefits

       (1)     This Special Arrangement applies to the supply of pharmaceutical benefits by the approved supplier to patients of the hospitals specified in Column 1 of the Schedule.

       (2)     The approved supplier will supply pharmaceutical benefits to patients of the hospital as if electronic medication orders were original prescriptions provided that:

          (a)              in lieu of the requirements of regulation 31 of the Regulations, the approved supplier, or a person authorised for the purpose by the approved supplier, verifies in the electronic medication order that the pharmaceutical benefit has been supplied and the date on which it was supplied.

       (3)     The approved supplier must prepare an electronic pharmacy record in respect of each electronic medication order in respect of which a pharmaceutical benefit has been supplied to a patient of the hospital for which a claim is made under section 99AAA of the Act, and must retain that