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NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 84HA

Fee to approved pharmacist etc. for issuing card

  (1)   An approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved hospital authority who issues a safety net concession card, a pharmaceutical benefits entitlement card or an additional or replacement card in relation to any of those cards is entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth, in respect of the issue of the card, the fee determined by the Minister, for the purposes of this section, for the issue of cards generally or for the issue of cards of that kind, as the case requires.

  (2)   The Minister shall not determine a fee for the purposes of this section unless the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has agreed in writing to the making of that determination.

  (3)   A determination under subsection   (1) shall:

  (a)   be made by notice in writing published in the Gazette ; and

  (b)   come into operation on such day as is specified in the determination.


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