Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:87:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 87 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 173872–176781

87  Limited charges for pharmaceutical benefits
 (1) Subject to this section, an approved pharmacist, an approved medical practitioner or an approved hospital authority shall not demand or receive a payment (other than a payment from the Commonwealth) or other valuable consideration in respect of the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit.
 (2) Subject to subsection (2A), an approved pharmacist or an approved medical practitioner acting in accordance with his or her approval may, in respect of each supply (including each repeated supply) by the approved pharmacist or approved medical practitioner, as the case may be, of a pharmaceutical benefit:
 (a) upon:
 (i) a concessional benefit prescription; or
 (ii) an entitlement card prescription where the supply is an early supply of a specified pharmaceutical benefit; or
 (iii) a concession card prescription (other than where the supply is an early supply of a specified pharmaceutical benefit);
  charge the person to whom the pharmaceutical benefit is supplied $4.60 (less any allowable discount); or
 (b) upon a general benefit prescription if, during the relevant entitlement period in which the supply is made, the person supplied is eligible to be issued with a concession card—charge the person $4.60 (less any allowable discount); or
 (e) upon a general benefit prescription (other than one relating to a supply to which paragraph (b) applies), or a concession card prescription (where the supply is an early supply of a specified pharmaceutical benefit)—charge the person to whom the pharmaceutical benefit is supplied either:
 (i) in any case—the general patient charge amount (less any allowable discount); or
 (ii) if the supply is eligible for increased discounting—an amount that is less than the lowest amount chargeable under subparagraph (i), but greater than nil.
Note 1: The figures expressed in this subsection in dollars, and the general patient charge amount, are periodically adjusted under section 99G.
Note 2: For when a person is eligible to be issued with a concession card, see subsection 84C(1AA).
Note 3: For the purposes of subparagraph (e)(ii), the lowest amount chargeable under subparagraph (e)(i) is the amount that would be chargeable under that subparagraph if the pharmacist or medical practitioner gave the maximum allowable discount.
 (2AAAA) For a supply other than an early supply, the allowable discount is an amount of not more than $1.
Note: The allowable discount is periodically reduced under Subdivision C of Division 4A.
 (2AAA) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to an early supply of a specified pharmaceutical benefit.
 (2A) In addition to any amount that may be charged in accordance with subsection (2), an approved pharmacist or an approved medical practitioner acting in accordance with his or her approval may, in respect of each supply (including each repeated supply) of a pharmaceutical benefit that