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Pharmaceutical Reform Arrangements.
      9 Maximum value of the supply of out‑patient medication by a Queensland public hospital to a person who is a general patient and who is not a holder of a concession card

            (1) This section applies to supplies of out‑patient medication made by a public hospital located in the State of Queensland.

            (2) For supplies of outpatient medication mentioned in subsection (1), the maximum value of the supply of out‑patient medication to a person who is a general patient and who is not the holder of a concession card is:

              (a) where the medication is a drug or medicinal preparation that is a pharmaceutical benefit and the Commonwealth price for that pharmaceutical benefit exceeds the amount referred to in paragraph 87(2)(e) of the Act — an amount that is equivalent to the amount referred to in paragraph  87(2)(e) of the Act for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit by an approved pharmacist or approved medical practitioner; or

              (b) where the medication is a drug or medicinal preparation that is a pharmaceutical benefit and the Commonwealth price for that pharmaceutical benefit does not exceed the amount referred to in paragraph 87(2)(e) of the Act — the price for that pharmaceutical benefit ascertained in accordance with the determination under subsection 84C(7) of the Act as in force from time to time; or

              (c) where the medication is a drug or medicinal preparation which is not a pharmaceutical benefit — the amount ascertained by taking as a basis the cost to the hospital of that drug or medicinal preparation and applying, as if that cost were the approved ex‑manufacturer price or proportional ex‑manufacturer price, the determination under subsection 84C(7) of the Act as in force from time to time.
      10 Maximum value of the supply of out‑patient medication by a participating public hospital to a person who is a general patient and who is not a holder of a concession card

            (1) This section applies to supplies of out‑patient medication made by a public hospital that is participating in Pharmaceutical Reform Arrangements, except if the public hospital is located in the State of Queensland.

            (2) For supplies of out‑patient medication mentioned in subsection (1), the maximum value of the supply of out‑patient medication to a person who is a general patient and who is not the holder of a concession card is:

              (a)              where the medication is a drug or medicinal preparation that is a pharmaceutical benefit — the maximum value of the pharmaceutical benefit ascertained in accordance with regulation 17A of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017 as if the pharmaceutical benefit had been supplied by an approved pharmacist or an approved medical practitioner; or

              (b) where the