Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 84D

  (1)   Upon application, the Secretary shall issue to a person a pharmaceutical benefits prescription record form in accordance with subsections   (3) and (4).

  (1A)   Upon application, the Secretary must issue to a person an out - patient medication prescription record form in accordance with subsections   (3) and (4).

  (2)   An approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved hospital authority may issue to a person a pharmaceutical benefits prescription record form in accordance with subsections   (3) and (4).

  (2A)   A public hospital authority may issue to a person an out - patient medication prescription record form in accordance with subsections   (3) and (4).

  (3)   A pharmaceutical benefits prescription record form and an out - patient medication prescription record form must:

  (a)   be in accordance with the form approved by the Secretary; and

  (b)   include the prescribed particulars of the person to whom the form is issued.

  (4)   A pharmaceutical benefits prescription record form or an out - patient medication prescription record form issued to a person may include the prescribed particulars of any person who is a member of the person's family and:

  (c)   is not a holder of an entitlement card.

  (5)   Where a pharmaceutical benefits prescription record form or an out - patient medication prescription record form is issued to a person, the person and each member of the person's family whose particulars are included in the form in accordance with subsection   (4) shall be taken, for the purposes of this section, to be a holder of the form.

  (6)   Where:

  (a)   an approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved hospital authority supplies a pharmaceutical benefit or repatriation pharmaceutical benefit to a holder of a pharmaceutical benefits prescription record form;

  (b)   the form is presented at the time of supply; and

  (c)   the supply is:

  (i)   a supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to be taken into account under subsection   84C(4) for the purposes of section   84C; or

  (ii)   a supply of a repatriation pharmaceutical benefit to be taken into account, under subsection   84C(4A), for the purposes of section   84C;

the pharmacist, medical practitioner or authority shall record the supply of that pharmaceutical benefit on the form.

  (7)   A record made for the purposes of subsection   (6) shall include:

  (a)   the prescribed particulars of the prescription upon which the pharmaceutical benefit or repatriation pharmaceutical benefit is supplied;

  (b)   the date on which the pharmaceutical benefit or repatriation pharmaceutical benefit is supplied; and

  (c)   such other particulars in relation to the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit or repatriation pharmaceutical benefit as are prescribed;

and shall be signed by:

  (d)   in a case where the record is made by an approved pharmacist--the pharmacist;

  (e)   in a case where the record is made by an approved medical practitioner--the medical practitioner; or

  (f)   in a case where the record is made by an approved hospital authority--the medical practitioner or pharmacist by or under whose supervision the pharmaceutical benefit or repatriation pharmaceutical benefit is dispensed.

  (8)   An approved pharmacist may authorise a person to record, on behalf of the pharmacist, the supply of pharmaceutical benefits and repatriation pharmaceutical benefits for the purposes of subsection   (6).

  (9)   A reference in subsection   (7) to an approved pharmacist includes a reference to a person authorised by a pharmacist under subsection   (8) to record, on behalf of the pharmacist, the supply of pharmaceutical benefits and repatriation pharmaceutical benefits.

  (10)   Where:

  (a)   an out - patient medication is supplied to the holder of an out - patient medication prescription record form; and

  (b)   the form is presented at the time of supply; and

  (c)   the supply is not excluded under subsection   84C(4B) from being taken into account for the purposes of section   84C;

the medical practitioner or pharmacist by whom, or under whose supervision, the medication is dispensed, or any person authorised under subsection   (12) to do so, must record the supply of the medication on the form.

  (11)   A record made for the purposes of subsection   (10) must include:

  (a)   the prescribed particulars of the prescription upon which the medication is supplied; and

  (b)   the date on which the medication is supplied; and

  (c)   any other particulars of the supply that are prescribed;

and must be signed by the person making the record.

  (12)   The public hospital authority of a public hospital may authorise in writing a person employed at the hospital to record, for the purposes of subsection   (10), the supply of an out - patient medication dispensed by, or under the supervision of, a medical practitioner or pharmacist.