Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01298:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01298
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 4189–5038

7  Determination of classes
  Each of the following is a class of persons in respect of whom an entitlement to pharmaceutical benefits can be evidenced otherwise than by provision of a medicare number:
 (a) eligible persons requiring drugs or medicinal preparations in an emergency;
 (b) foreign persons covered by reciprocal health care agreements;
 (c) persons without a medicare number who a PBS prescriber identifies as entitled to pharmaceutical benefits;
 (d) persons without a medicare number who an approved supplier considers are entitled to pharmaceutical benefits;
 (e) eligible persons requiring drugs or medicinal preparations as a matter of clinical urgency;
 (f) persons for whom an inapplicable medicare number is shown on a seemingly valid medicare card or document.

Part 3—Matters of which approved suppliers must be satisfied