Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00988:reg:52:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00988
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 52 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 100976–103306

the repeat authorisation:
 (i) the name and address of the approved supplier; and
 (ii) the approval number given to the approved supplier under section 16; and
 (iii) the identifying number given to the prescription by the approved supplier; and
 (iv) if the pharmaceutical benefit is a substitute benefit for the purposes of subsection 103(2A) of the Act—the brand name of the substitute benefit; and
 (c) for the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit on a subsequent occasion—mark on the repeat authorisation:
 (i) the date on which the most recent supply was made; and
 (ii) the identifying number given to the prescription under subparagraph (b)(iii).
 (4) An approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved hospital authority commits an offence if the pharmacist, medical practitioner or hospital authority (as the case may be) contravenes subsection (3).
Penalty: 0.2 penalty units.
 (5) An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.

Supply with pharmacist/patient copy of paper‑based prescription only
 (6) An approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved hospital authority is not authorised to supply a pharmaceutical benefit upon presentation of only the pharmacist/patient copy of a paper‑based prescription unless:
 (a) the approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved hospital authority is given a repeat authorisation or a deferred supply authorisation that:
 (i) is related to that pharmacist/patient copy by a number or numbers; and
 (ii) indicates that the pharmaceutical benefit to be supplied has not been supplied for the number of times directed in the prescription; and
 (b) there is written on the repeat authorisation or deferred supply authorisation the approval number given to the supplier under section 16; and
 (c) the date of supply of the benefit is on or before the first anniversary of the date on which the prescription was written.

Supply by approved hospital authority
 (7) If a pharmaceutical benefit is supplied by an approved hospital authority in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), the approved hospital authority must cause the requirements in subsection (3) to be complied with by the medical practitioner or pharmacist by whom, or under whose direct supervision, the pharmaceutical benefit is supplied.