Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00083:reg:16ab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16AB
Character Range: 68282–69603

16AB  Information about status of person—continued dispensing and medication chart prescriptions
 (1) This section applies in relation to:
 (a) the supply of a Pharmaceutical benefit to a person (the patient) by a Community Pharmacist (the supplier) under subsection 16A (continued dispensing); and
 (b) the supply of a Pharmaceutical benefit by a Community Pharmacist, on the basis of a medication chart prescription written for a person (the patient);
 (2) The supplier must collect the following information at the time of supply:
 (a) information about whether the patient is, at the time of the supply:
 (i) a concessional beneficiary or a dependant of a concessional beneficiary; or
 (ii) the holder of a concession card or entitlement card;
 (b) for a person mentioned in subparagraph (a)(i)—the number specified on a card, issued by the Commonwealth, as an entitlement number (however described) in relation to the person;
           (c) for a person mentioned in subparagraph (a)(ii)—the number of the concession card or entitlement card.
 (3) The supplier must include the information collected under subsection (2) in the claim for a payment from the Commonwealth in relation to the supply using the Claims Transmission System, within the meaning given by subsection 99AAA(1) of the National Health Act 1953.