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prescriber bag provisions of the Act.

Note 1: See section 85AAA of the Act in relation to pharmaceutical benefits that can only be supplied under the prescriber bag provisions of the Act.

Note 2: The modifications of the Act under this Special Arrangement relating to:
(a) charges for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit (section 11 of this Special Arrangement); and
(b) payments to a CTG supplier by the Commonwealth for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit (section 13 of this Special Arrangement);
            may apply in relation to the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit under other Special Arrangements to a person who is registered under subsection 10(2) of this Special Arrangement.

6 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.

7 Prescribing

 (1)  A pharmaceutical benefit is prescribed for supply under this Special Arrangement in accordance with Part VII of the Act, and instruments made for Part VII of the Act, but with the modifications set out in this section.

 (2) The prescription must be written for supply to a patient registered under subsection 10(2) of this Special Arrangement.

 (5) This Special Arrangement does not apply to a medication chart prescription unless the person for whom the pharmaceutical benefit is prescribed is receiving treatment in or at a residential care service at which the person is receiving residential care.

10 Registering patients

 (2) A CTG registering practitioner may register, for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits under this Special Arrangement, a patient:
 (a) who is an eligible person within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973;
 (b)  who identifies themself to the practitioner as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
 (c) whom the practitioner assesses as meeting the eligibility criteria in subsection (3); and
 (d) who provides consent to receive supplies under this Special Arrangement to the practitioner.

 (3) For subsection (2), the eligibility criteria are that the patient, in the opinion of the practitioner:
 (b) would experience setbacks in the prevention or ongoing management of a medical condition if the patient did not adhere to a course of treatment (involving a pharmaceutical benefit) for that medical condition; and
 (c) is unlikely to adhere to the course of treatment without assistance under this Special Arrangement.

 (4) A registration for subsection (2) must be made using the Health Professional Online Service (HPOS) electronic channel.

 (5) Despite subsection (4), a registration for subsection (2) may be made by telephone to Services Australia if,