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    6 Pharmaceutical benefits covered by this Special Arrangement

        (1) This Special Arrangement applies to a pharmaceutical benefit which is generally available for supply under Part VII of the Act.

       (2)  This Special Arrangement does not apply to a pharmaceutical benefit that can only be supplied under Part VII of the Act in accordance with any other Special Arrangement under section 100 of the Act.
       (3)  This Special Arrangement does not apply to a pharmaceutical benefit prescribed using a medication chart prescription.

 Note: Section 85AA of the Act provides that a pharmaceutical benefit that can only be supplied under Part VII of the Act in accordance with section 100 of the Act will be the subject of a subsection 85(2A) declaration (section 100 only drug), or a determination under paragraph 85(8) (a) (section 100 only pharmaceutical benefit) or paragraph 85(8) (b) (section 100 only circumstances).

7 Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits

       (1)   A medication chart prepared and signed by a PBS prescriber  on which is prescribed a pharmaceutical benefit for the treatment of the in-patient of the hospital who is named on the medication chart, will be taken to be a prescription, written in accordance with regulation 19 of the Regulations, provided that:
          (a)     the location within the hospital of the in-patient for whose treatment the medication chart was prepared will be taken to be the address of that in-patient for the purpose of paragraph 19(1)(d) of the Regulations; and
          (b)     the medication chart bears the number of the Medicare card, including the sub-numerate, which applies to the in-patient for whose treatment the medication chart was prepared; and
          (c)     in the case of a medication chart prepared in respect of an in-patient of the hospital who is not a general patient within the meaning of subsection 84(1) of the Act, the medication chart bears the matters prescribed by regulation 19A of the Regulations; and
          (d)     the medication chart bears the identification number issued by the Chief Executive Medicare to the PBS prescriber, according to regulation 8A of the Regulations, who prescribed the pharmaceutical benefit; and
          (e)     if the medication chart directs, pursuant to paragraph 85A(2)(b) of the Act and subparagraph 19(1)(f)(ii) of the Regulations, that the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit is to be repeated, that direction will be invalid; and
          (f)      if the medication chart directs the supply of an increased quantity of the pharmaceutical benefit pursuant to subsection 88(6) of the Act and regulation 24 of the Regulations, that direction will be taken to be a direction to supply the maximum quantity for that pharmaceutical benefit determined under paragraph 85A(2)(a) of the Act; and
          (g)     the medication chart does not prescribe a pharmaceutical benefit that requires an authority prescription.