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PB 28 of 2016
National Health (Epworth and Cabrini Private Hospitals Paperless Prescribing and Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 20161
National Health Act 1953

I, Julianne Quaine, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Access Branch, Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this special arrangement under subsections 100(1) and (2) of the National Health Act 1953.

Dated   8 July 2016

Julianne Quaine
Assistant Secretary
Pharmaceutical Access Branch
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division
Department of Health

1 Name of Special Arrangement

       (1) This Special Arrangement is the National Health (Epworth and Cabrini Private Hospitals Paperless Prescribing and Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 2016.

       (2) This Special Arrangement may also be cited as PB 28 of 2016.

2 Commencement

    This Special Arrangement commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Revocation

    The National Health (Epworth and Cabrini Private Hospitals Paperless Prescribing and Claiming Trial) Special Arrangement 2015 (No. PB 18 of 2015) is revoked.

4 Definitions

    In these arrangements:

    Act means the National Health Act 1953.

    approved supplier means the approved supplier whose name, address and approval number are specified in Column 2 of the Schedule to this Special Arrangement opposite the name of the hospital in Column 1 of the Schedule.

    authority prescription means an authority prescription as defined in the Regulations.

    hospital means the hospital whose name and address is specified in Column 1 of the Schedule to these arrangements.

    in-patient of the hospital means a person who occupies a bed in the hospital for the purpose of hospital treatment, but does not include a member of the staff of the hospital who is receiving treatment in his or her own quarters.

    medication chart means either an electronic medication chart or a paper based medication chart.

    other Special Arrangement means another Special Arrangement under section 100 of the Act.

    Regulations means the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960.

    Rules means the rules under subsection 99AAA(8) and subsection 98AC(4) of the Act.

    Note: Terms used in this Special Arrangement have the same meaning as in the Act – see section 13 of the Legislation Act 2003. These terms include:
      *    Chief Executive Medicare

      *    PBS prescriber

      *    pharmaceutical benefit

      *    Secretary