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PB 54 of 2017

National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Hospital Medication Chart Paperless Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 2017

National Health Act 1953

I, Julianne Quaine, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Access Branch, Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this special arrangement under subsections 100(1) of the National Health Act 1953.

Dated  13 July 2017

Julianne Quaine
Assistant Secretary
Pharmaceutical Access Branch
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division
Department of Health

1 Name of Instrument
         (1)     This instrument is the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Hospital Medication Chart Paperless Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 2017.

         (2)     This instrument may also be cited as PB 54 of 2017.
2 Commencement
  This instrument commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.
3 Authority

      This Special Arrangement is made under subsection 100(1) of the National Health Act 1953.
4 Definitions

      In this Special Arrangement:

      Act means the National Health Act 1953.

      approved supplier means an entity whose name, address and approval number are specified in Column 2 of an item in the Schedule to this Special Arrangement.

      authority prescription means an authority prescription as defined in the Regulations.

      duly written prescription means a prescription written in accordance with section 40 of the Regulations.

      hospital means a hospital whose name and address is specified in Column 1 of an item in the Schedule to this Special Arrangement.

      in-patient means a person who occupies a bed in the hospital for the purpose of hospital treatment, and who is not a member of the staff of the hospital who is receiving treatment in his or her own quarters.

         Note: an in-patient includes a public or private patient who is in the process of being discharged from in-patient care of a hospital.

      medication chart has the meaning given by subregulation 41(4) of the Regulations.

      other Special Arrangement means another Special Arrangement under section 100 of the Act.

      Regulations means the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017.

      Rules means rules made under subsection 99AAA(8) and subsection 98AC(4) of the Act.

    Note: Terms used in this Special Arrangement have the same meaning as in the Act – see section 13 of the Legislation Act 2003. These terms include:
         *    Chief Executive Medicare
      *    PBS prescriber
      *    pharmaceutical benefit
      *    Secretary
      *    hospital treatment

5 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.
       Note:  See subsection 100(3) of the Act.

    6 Pharmaceutical benefits covered by this Special Arrangement
        (1) This