Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00583:reg:23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00583
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 23
Character Range: 27111–28363

23  Extemporaneously‑prepared pharmaceutical benefit comprising vehicle specified in prescription under particular name, etc
 (1) If an extemporaneously‑prepared pharmaceutical benefit comprises a vehicle that is specified in the prescription under a particular name and an additional specified ingredient or ingredients, the Commonwealth price is to be calculated under this section.
 (2) If a vehicle is a single liquid ingredient and 1 or more other ingredients are added:
 (a) for calculating the Commonwealth price, any displacement of the vehicle by solids is to be disregarded; and
 (b) the Commonwealth price for the pharmaceutical benefit as a whole is to be calculated under section 18.
 (3) If a vehicle is compounded from 2 or more ingredients and 1 or more other ingredients are added:
 (a) any displacement of the vehicle by solids is to be disregarded for pricing purposes; and
 (b) the amounts calculated, under sections 21, 22 and 23, for each of the ingredients is the sum of:
 (i) the price of each ingredient of the vehicle; and
 (ii) the price of each ingredient that is added to the vehicle.
 (4) In this section:
vehicle means a substance that has little or no medicinal action and is used as a medium for an active ingredient.