Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01234:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01234
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 5217–8183

subparagraph 19(1)(f)(ii) of the Regulations, that the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit is to be repeated, that direction will be invalid; and

          (f)      if the medication chart directs the supply of an increased quantity of a pharmaceutical benefit pursuant to subsection 88(6) of the Act and regulation 24 of the Regulations, that direction will be taken to be a direction to supply the maximum quantity for that benefit determined under paragraph 85A(2)(a) of the Act; and

          (g)     the medication chart does not prescribe a pharmaceutical benefit that requires an authority prescription.

8 Supply and Claiming of Pharmaceutical Benefits

       (1)     These arrangements will apply to the supply of pharmaceutical benefits by the approved supplier specified in Column 2 of the Schedule to the in-patients of the hospitals specified in Column 1 of the Schedule.

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

          (a)              where a medication chart contains a direction to supply more than one pharmaceutical benefit, the approved supplier must not, pursuant to regulation 26A of the Regulations, defer the supply of one or more of the benefits; and

          (b)              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, certifies on the medication chart that the pharmaceutical benefit has been supplied and the date on which it was supplied and signs his or her name.

       (3)     The approved supplier must prepare an electronic pharmacy record in respect of each medication chart where a pharmaceutical benefit has been supplied to an in-patient of the hospital for which a claim is made under section 99AAA of the Act, and must retain that electronic pharmacy record for not less than two years after the day on which the pharmaceutical benefit was supplied.

       (4)     The electronic pharmacy record referred to in subsection (3) must contain all information required to be included in a prescription record by the Schedule to the Rules for an online claim.

       (5)     Subject to subsection (6), a claim by the approved supplier in respect of pharmaceutical benefits supplied to in-patients of the hospital may be furnished unaccompanied by the medication charts in respect of which pharmaceutical benefits have been supplied to in-patients of the hospital.

       (6)     If the Secretary notifies the approved supplier that a copy of all or any of the electronic pharmacy records in respect of pharmaceutical benefits supplied to in-patients of the hospital is required to be submitted, that approved supplier shall submit a copy of each such electronic pharmacy record to the Department of Health.

       (7)     If the Secretary notifies the hospital that a copy of