Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00040:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00040
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 6528–9490

shopper from time to time to be that person's main prescriber.
PBS information means information collected for the administration of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme established under Part VII of the National Health Act.
person affected by an emergency has a meaning affected by section 6.
personal information has the meaning given by subsection 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988.
Pharmaceutical Benefits Regulations means the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017.
prescriber means a person who is authorised to prescribe a pharmaceutical benefit or who purports to be authorised to prescribe a pharmaceutical benefit.
prescription shopper means a person who, within any 3 month period, has had supplied to him or her:
 (a) pharmaceutical benefits prescribed by 6 or more different prescribers (other than a prescriber who is a specialist within the meaning of subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act and who has prescribed pharmaceutical benefits to a person in that capacity); or
 (b) a total of 25 or more target pharmaceutical benefits; or
 (c) a total of 50 or more pharmaceutical benefits.
Prescription Shopping Program means the program administered by the Department and the Health Department to reduce prescription shopping.
Private Health Insurance Act means the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
reappraisal period is the period under section 27‑2 of the Aged Care Act in which a reappraisal of the classification of the level of care needed by an aged care recipient must be made.
recoverable amount has the meaning given by subsections 95‑1(1) and 95‑1(3) of the Aged Care Act.
State or Territory body means:
 (a) a State or Territory Minister; or
 (b) a Department of State of a State or Territory; or
 (c) a body (whether incorporated or not) established for a public purpose under a law of a State or Territory.
target pharmaceutical benefits means pharmaceutical benefits in any of the following categories of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system:
 (a) N02 (Analgesics);
 (b) N03 (Antiepileptics);
 (c) N04 (Anti‑Parkinson Drugs);
 (d) N05 (Psycholeptics);
 (e) N06 (Psychoanaleptics);
 (f) N07 (Other central nervous system drugs);
 (g) R03 (Drugs for obstructive airway diseases);
 (h) C10A (Serum lipid reducing agents);
 (i) A02B (Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro‑oesophageal reflux diseases);
 (j) J01 (Antibacterials for systemic use);
 (k) M01 (Anti‑inflammatory and antirheumatic products);
 (l) A10A (Insulin and analogues);
 (m) C02 (Antihypertensives).
Note: The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system is published by the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology.
voucher has the meaning given by section 4 of the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997.
 (2) An expression (other than recoverable amount) used in Part 2 of this instrument and in the Aged Care Act has the same meaning in that Part as it has in that Act.
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