Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—Regulation 24 applicable indicator, yes/no code A

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• Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015

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Regulation 24 prescriptions can only be written by medical practitioners, midwives and nurse practitioners. All of the following conditions must apply:

• the maximum PBS quantity is insufficient for the patient's treatment; AND
• the patient has a chronic illness or lives in a remote area where access to PBS supplies is limited; AND
• the patient would suffer great hardship trying to get the pharmaceutical benefit on separate occasions.

The PBS prescription must be endorsed by the medical practitioner, midwife or nurse practitioner with the words 'Regulation 24' if it is an item under the PBS, or 'hardship conditions apply' if it is being supplied under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).

Regulation 24 does not apply for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits on optometrist prescriptions or on dental practitioner prescriptions.

CODE Y   Yes

A positive response to this data element means that Regulation 24 is applicable for the prescription, i.e. the prescription allows for the supply of the original prescription medication and all of its repeats concurrently.

CODE N   No

A negative response to this data element means that Regulation 24 is not applicable, i.e. the prescriber has not specified that the original prescription medication and all of its repeats can be supplied concurrently.

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