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PB 4 of 2025

 

National Health (Prescriber Bag Supplies) Amendment (February Update) Determination 2025

 

National Health Act 1953

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I, REBECCA RICHARDSON, Assistant Secretary, Pricing and PBS Policy Branch, Technology Assessment and Access Division, Department of Health and Aged Care, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make this Instrument under sections 93, 93AB and 93AA of the National Health Act 1953.

Dated  30th January 2025

REBECCA RICHARDSON

Assistant Secretary

Pricing and PBS Policy Branch

Technology Assessment and Access Division

 

 

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Health (Prescriber Bag Supplies) Determination 2024 (PB 29 of 2024) 2

  1.            This Instrument is the National Health (Prescriber Bag Supplies) Amendment (February Update) Determination 2025.
  2.            This Instrument may also be cited as PB 4 of 2025.
  1.            Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

1 February 2025

1 February 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

  1.            Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

This instrument is made under sections 93, 93AB and 93AA of the National Health Act 1953.

 Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.


National Health (Prescriber Bag Supplies) Determination 2024 (PB 29 of 2024)

  1.            Schedule 1, entry for Benzylpenicillin in each of the forms: Powder for injection 600 mg (as sodium); and Powder for injection 3 g (as sodium)

omit from the column headed “Prescriber Bag Supplier”: MP, NP substitute: MP, NP, MW

  1.            Schedule 1, entry for Lidocaine

omit from the column headed “Prescriber Bag Supplier”: MP, NP substitute: MP, NP, MW

  1.            Schedule 1, entry for Naloxone

omit from the column headed “Prescriber Bag Supplier”: MP, NP substitute: MP, NP, MW

  1.            Schedule 1, entry for Prochlorperazine

omit from the column headed “Prescriber Bag Supplier”: MP, NP substitute: MP, NP, MW

  1.            Schedule 1, entry for Promethazine

omit from the column headed “Prescriber Bag Supplier”: MP, NP substitute: MP, NP, MW