Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:86c:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 86C (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 159663–162465

86C  On and after 1 January 2001 approved supplier must request provision of medicare number in certain circumstances

Approved supplier must request provision of medicare numbers in certain circumstances
 (1) If:
 (a) an approved supplier is presented, on or after 1 January 2001, with a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a person; and
 (b) the pharmaceutical benefit is one in respect of the supply of which the approved supplier would, but for the operation of subsection 99AAAB(2), be entitled to receive a payment under subsection 99(2) or (4) or 99AAAA(2); and
 (c) the person presenting the prescription claims to be, or to be the agent of, the person to whom the prescription relates; and
 (d) the person presenting the prescription does not request that the drug or medicinal preparation to which the prescription relates not be supplied as a pharmaceutical benefit;
the approved supplier must, if:
 (e) the prescription does not contain a medicare number as a number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates; and
 (f) the approved supplier's records do not already contain a medicare number as such a number (whether with or without the expiry date in relation to that number) recorded and retained in accordance with section 86D;
request the person presenting the prescription to provide to the approved supplier a medicare number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates and the expiry date in relation to that number.

Inclusion of medicare number in a prescription does not prevent later request
 (2) Even if:
 (a) the prescription presented to the approved supplier already contains a medicare number as a number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates; or
 (b) the approved supplier's records already contain a medicare number as such a number (whether with or without the expiry date in relation to that number) recorded and retained in accordance with section 86D;
the approved supplier may request the person presenting the prescription to provide to the approved supplier a medicare number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates and the expiry date in relation to that number.

Approved supplier's obligations in relation to medicare number provided
 (3) If:
 (a) a medicare number is provided to the approved supplier as a number applicable to the person to whom the prescription relates following a request under subsection (1) or is included as such a number in the approved supplier's records in accordance with section 86D; and
 (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;