Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00083:reg:9:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 66180–68280

for the purposes of the continued dispensing supply.
 (8) If, for a continued dispensing supply, a Pharmaceutical benefit is supplied a number of times greater than the number specified in the prescription, then subject to subsection 51(2) of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017  (the regulations), subregulation (3) or (4) of those regulations applies as if:

 (a) the person had presented the supplier with a prescription that:
 (i) had been written by a PBS prescriber or RPBS prescriber in accordance with the National Health Act 1953, the regulations and the Scheme; and
 (ii) did not include a medicare number; and
 (iii) did not direct a repeated supply of a Pharmaceutical benefit; and
 (b) subparagraphs (3)(b)(ii) and (c)(ii) or (4)(b)(ii) and (c)(ii), of the regulations, were omitted, and the words 'immediate supply necessary' were required to be written on the repeat authorisation form for the supply; and
 (c) subparagraphs (3)(b)(iii) and (c)(iii) or (4)(b)(iii) and (c)(iii), of the regulations, were omitted, and the supplier were required to sign the repeat authorisation form mentioned in paragraph (b).
 (9) A Community Pharmacist must use a repeat authorisation form for the purposes of making a claim for a payment from the Commonwealth under section 99AAA of the Act in relation to a continued dispensing supply, however, the pharmacist must not use the form for authorising a repeated supply of the pharmaceutical benefit under this section.
 (10) For a continued dispensing supply a Community Pharmacist is to obtain, from the person receiving the Pharmaceutical benefit (whether or not for the person's own use), a written acknowledgement that the person has received the benefits but if it is not practicable for the pharmacist to obtain, from the person a written acknowledgement, the pharmacist must write on the repeat authorisation form for the supply:
 (a) the date on which the Pharmaceutical benefit were supplied by the pharmacist; and
 (b) the reason why it was not practicable for the pharmacist to obtain the written acknowledgement.