1. Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

2. Purpose of the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

3. Definitions

4. Notification of certain matters in the Explanatory Notes

5. Department to notify of certain matters as agent of the Commission

6. Prior Approval

7. Restrictions

8. Prescribing provisions

9. Application of PBS Schedule restrictions and RPBS Schedule restrictions

10. Prescriptions to conform with State or Territory Law

11. Form of prescriptions

12. When prescriptions are invalid

13. Maximum quantity and repeats allowed

14. Prescribing outside the RPBS Schedule or PBS Schedule

15. Medical Practitioner subject to this Scheme

16. Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits - Procedure by Community Pharmacists

17. Substitution of lesser priced alternative brand of drug

18. Community Pharmacist to be satisfied as to entitlement

19. Dispensing of deleted items

20. Use of forms as notified by the Department or the Commission

21. Financial responsibility

22. Refund in certain circumstances

23. Expenses incurred in obtaining Pharmaceutical Benefits while not in receipt of a pharmaceutical allowance

24. Lodgement of Claims by Community Pharmacists

25. Payment subject to compliance

26. Dispensing fee payable to Community Pharmacists

27. Dispensing fee payable to Approved Medical Practitioners and Approved Hospital Authorities

28. Other Fees - similar PBS pharmaceutical benefit

29. Other Fees - notified rates

30. Fees not payable in some circumstances

31. Community Pharmacist not entitled to demand or receive payments

32. Community Pharmacist to issue receipt where certain payments received

33. Standards

34. Editions of monographs and standards

35. Order of precedence

36. Discretionary powers

37. Retention of Documents

38. Agreement with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia