Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:86c:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 86C (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 162213–164996

(b) the prescription has not already been endorsed with a medicare number as a number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates;
the approved supplier must:
 (c) endorse the prescription with the medicare number so provided or included; or
 (d) insert the number so provided or included in the CTS claim relating to the prescription.

If medicare number is provided, approved supplier may check prescription endorsed by practitioner
 (4) If:
 (a) a medicare number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates is provided to the approved supplier following a request under subsection (2) or is included in the approved supplier's records in accordance with section 86D; and
 (b) the prescription has already been endorsed with a medicare number as a number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates;
the approved supplier may check the number so provided or included against the endorsed number and:
 (c) confirm that they are the same; or
 (d) if they are not the same and the approved supplier considers the number so provided or included more reliable than the endorsed number:
 (i) alter the endorsed number to the number so provided or included; or
 (ii) insert the number so provided or included in the CTS claim relating to the prescription, noting the discrepancy; or
 (e) if they are not the same and the approved supplier considers the endorsed number more reliable than the number so provided or included—disregard the number so provided or included and, if making a CTS claim, insert the endorsed number in the CTS claim relating to that prescription.

Approved supplier may check to ensure that supply not being sought after relevant expiry date
 (5) If the approved supplier has also been provided with, or has in the approved supplier's records, the expiry date in relation to the medicare number ultimately supplied to the Chief Executive Medicare, the approved supplier may confirm that the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit authorised by the prescription is not being sought after the expiry date.

Requirement in respect of prescription (other than communicated prescription) covering person included in class determined under subsection 86E(1)
 (6) If:
 (a) the prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit that is presented to the approved supplier does not contain a medicare number as a number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates; and
 (b) despite a request under subsection (1), a medicare number is not provided to the approved supplier as such a number; and
 (c) a medicare number is not retained in the approved supplier's records in accordance with section 86D as such a number; and
 (d) the approved supplier is satisfied that the person to whom the prescription relates is