Pharmaceutical benefits to be supplied only on prescription etc
89 Pharmaceutical benefits to be supplied only on prescription etc
A person is not entitled to receive a pharmaceutical benefit unless it is supplied:
by an approved pharmacist, at or from premises in respect of which the pharmacist is for the time being approved, on presentation of a prescription written by a PBS prescriber in accordance with this Act and the regulations, or, in such circumstances as are prescribed, on communication to that pharmacist, in the prescribed manner, of a prescription of a PBS prescriber; or
in accordance with the provisions of section 89A, section 92, section 93, section 93AA, section 93AB, section 93AC, section 93A or section 94.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
, prescribed manner
). Made under this Act:
- Comptroller-General of Customs (Export restriction of drug like substances) Guidelines 2020 · Legislative Instrument · under s 99ZS(1)
- National Health (Australian Community Pharmacy Authority Rules) Determination 2018 (PB 46 of 2018) · under s 99L
- National Health (Chairperson of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal) Appointment 2024 · Legislative Instrument · under para 98A(2)(a)
15 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
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