Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01298:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01298
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 5038–5819

8  Eligible persons requiring drugs or medicinal preparations in an emergency
  An approved supplier must be satisfied of the following matters before being satisfied that a person is in the class mentioned in paragraph 7(a):
 (a) there is no reason to believe that the person is not, or is not entitled to be treated as, an eligible person;
 (b) the person or another person is likely to suffer imminent death, serious ill health or serious injury (the emergency);
 (c) to prevent that emergency, the prescribed pharmaceutical benefit must be supplied:
 (i) immediately; or
 (ii) within a period that is too short to enable questions relating to eligibility or identity to be asked and answered, or for other action to be taken to establish the person's eligibility or identity.