Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00880:reg:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00880
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 8024–10813

has a non‑mature skeleton; or
         (b) has a diagnosis of Prader‑Willi syndrome, with a mature skeleton and is less than 18 years of age.
      CTG registered patient means a patient registered under subsection 10(2) of the CTG Special Arrangement.
      CTG Special Arrangement means the National Health (Closing the Gap – PBS Co‑payment Program) Special Arrangement 2016.
      CTG supplier has the same meaning as in the CTG Special Arrangement.

      dispensed price:
 (a) for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit by a hospital authority for a public hospital—has the meaning given by section 16; and
 (b) for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit by an approved hospital authority for a private hospital or by an approved pharmacist or by an approved medical practitioner—has the meaning given by section 18.
growth hormone treatment, for a person, means treatment of the person using a pharmaceutical benefit in accordance with this Special Arrangement.
ideal body weight means:
           (a) for a person who is male with a height less than or equal to 176.8 centimetres, or female with a height less than or equal to 163.3 centimetres ‑ that person's 50th percentile weight for height, calculated using CDC 2000;
           (b) for a person who is male with a height greater than 176.8 centimetres, or female with a height greater than 163.3 centimetres ‑ that person's body mass index at the 50th percentile for age multiplied by height (in metres) squared, calculated using CDC 2000.
mature skeleton means:
           (a) for a female, where the person has a bone age of 13.5 years or more; and
           (b) for a male, where the person has a bone age of 15.5 years or more.
maximum dose, for a category for treatment and a pharmaceutical benefit, means the highest dose of the pharmaceutical benefit that can be approved under the table in section 11 for the category.
medical practitioner has the meaning it has in the Health Insurance Act 1973.
non‑mature skeleton means:
           (a) for a female, where the person has a bone age of less than 13.5 years; and
           (b) for a male, where the person has a bone age of less than 15.5 years.
other Special Arrangement means another Special Arrangement under section 100 of the Act.
percentile is a measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations fall. For the purposes of this Special Arrangement, percentile is used to compare a person's measurements with the referenced growth standards (eg a body mass index at the 85th percentile means that 85 percent of the population encompassed by the referenced standards have a body mass index below the person's body mass index).
pharmaceutical benefit means a pharmaceutical benefit mentioned