Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Part, a person who:
(a) is, or is to be treated as, an eligible person within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973 ; and
(b) is receiving:
(i) medical treatment by a medical practitioner; or
(ii) dental treatment by a participating dental practitioner; or
(iii) optometrical treatment by an authorised optometrist; or
(iv) midwifery treatment by an authorised midwife; or
(v) nurse practitioner treatment by an authorised nurse practitioner;
is entitled to receive pharmaceutical benefits under this Part without the payment or provision of money or other consideration other than a charge made in accordance with section 87.
Residency
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), while a person is working outside Australia as a Commonwealth officer, he or she is taken to reside in Australia.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), while a person is working outside Australia as a State or Territory officer, he or she is taken to reside in Australia.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), while the spouse, or a dependent child, of a person covered by subsection (2) or (3) is outside Australia accompanying that person, the spouse or child is taken to reside in Australia.
Note: Paragraph (1)(a) refers to a person being an eligible person within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973 . Under that Act an Australian resident is an eligible person. A person must reside in Australia to be an Australian resident.
(5) In this section:
"dependent child" has the same meaning as in section 84B.
"spouse" has the same meaning as in section 84B.