Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00124:reg:6:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00124
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 10731–14384

as in Part VII of the Act.
authorised prescriber has the meaning given by section 7.
CAR drug (short for Complex Authority Required drug) means any of the following highly specialised drugs:
             (a) abatacept;
             (b) adalimumab;
             (c) ambrisentan;
             (d) anifrolumab;
             (e) avatrombopag;
             (f) azacitidine;
             (g) benralizumab;
             (h) bosentan;
             (i) burosumab;
             (j) difelikefalin;
             (k) dupilumab;
             (l) eculizumab;
             (m) elexacaftor with tezacaftor and with ivacaftor, and ivacaftor;
             (n) eltrombopag;
             (o) epoprostenol;
             (p) etanercept;
             (q) iloprost;
             (r) infliximab;
             (s) ivacaftor;
             (t) lenalidomide;
             (u) lumacaftor with ivacaftor;
             (v) macitentan;
             (w) mepolizumab;
             (x) midostaurin;
             (y) nusinersen;
             (z) omalizumab;
             (aa) onasemnogene abeparvovec;
             (bb) pasireotide;
             (cc) patisiran;
             (dd) pegcetacoplan;
             (ee) pegvisomant;
             (ff) pomalidomide;
             (gg) ravulizumab;
             (hh) riociguat;
             (ii) risdiplam;
             (jj) romiplostim;
             (kk) selexipag;
             (ll) sildenafil;
             (mm) tadalafil;
             (nn) teduglutide;
             (oo) tezacaftor with ivacaftor and ivacaftor;
             (pp) tocilizumab;
             (qq) ustekinumab;
             (rr) vedolizumab.
circumstances code means the letter "C" followed by a number.
community access medication means any of the following:
 (a) medication for the treatment of hepatitis B;
 (b) medication for the treatment of HIV or AIDS, other than a pharmaceutical benefit that has the drug:
 (i) azithromycin; or
 (ii) doxorubicin ‑ pegylated liposomal; or
 (iii) rifabutin;
 (c) medication for the treatment of opioid dependence;
 (d) medication for continuing treatment of schizophrenia;
 (e) lanreotide;
 (f) octreotide, if:
 (i) the description of its form includes "Injection (modified release)"; and
 (ii) it is for continuing treatment.
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.
dangerous drug has the same meaning as in the Approved Pharmacists Commonwealth Price Determination.
dangerous drug fee has the same meaning as in the Approved Pharmacists Commonwealth Price Determination.
day admitted patient: a person is a day admitted patient of a hospital on a day if, on that day, the person:
 (a) is admitted to the hospital (other than through the hospital's emergency department); and
 (b) receives treatment; and
 (c) is discharged from the hospital;
in accordance with a pre‑existing plan for the person's treatment.
dispensed price:
 (a) for a special arrangement supply of an HSD pharmaceutical benefit by an approved hospital authority for a public hospital—has the meaning given by section 29; and
 (b) for a special arrangement supply of an HSD pharmaceutical benefit by an approved supplier other than an approved hospital authority for a public hospital—has the meaning given by section 32.
EFC patient has the meaning given by subsection 8(7).
eligible patient has the meaning given by section 8.
General statement for drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C has the same meaning as in the