National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

 

STATUTORY RULES.

1964. No. 12

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953-1963*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953-1963.

Dated this 30th day of January, 1964.

DE L’ISLE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD.) H.W. WADE

Minister of State for Health.

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Amendments of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations. 

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of February, 1964.

First Schedule.

2. The First Schedule to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the item—

“Alcohol.”

the following items:—

“Almond Oil.

Aloes.”;

(b) by inserting after the item—

“Ethyl Oleate.”

the following item:—

“Ferrous Gluconate.”;

(c) by inserting after the item—

“Ginger.”

the following item:—

“Halibut Liver Oil.”;

(d) by inserting after the item—

“Isoniazid.”

the following item:—

“Kaolin Heavy.”;

(e) by inserting after the item—

“Maleic Acid.”

the following item:—

“Malt Extract.”;

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 30th January, 1964.

  Statutory Rules 1960, No. 17, as amended by Statutory Rules 1960, Nos. 90 and 102, Nos. 59 and 137; 1962, Nos. 34, 101 and 114; and 1963, Nos. 34, 69 and 107.

181/64.—Price 3d. 10/16.1.1964.

(f) by inserting after the item—

“Picrotoxin.”

the following items:—

“Piperazine Adipate.

Piperazine Phosphate.”;

(g) by inserting after the item—

“Quillaia.”

the following items:—

“Scarlet Fever Prophylactic.

Schick Control.";

(h) by inserting after the item—

“Sodium Aurothiomalate.”

the following item:—

“Sodium Bicarbonate Injection.”;

(i) by omitting the item—

“Stibophen.”

and inserting in its stead the following items:—

“Solution Chlorinated Soda Surgical.

Stibophen.

Stibophen Injection.

Stramonium Powdered.”;

(j) by inserting after the item—

“Tryparsamide.”

the following item:—

“Tryparsamide Injection.”; and

(k) by inserting after the item—

“Typhoid-Paratyphoid A and B Tetanus Vaccine.”

the following items:—

“Typhoid-Paratyphoid A, B and C Vaccine.

Urethane.”.

Third Schedule.

3. The Third Schedule to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended by omitting the items “Adrenaline Hydrochloride Solution, B.P. 1953.”, “Charcoal.”, “Colocynth, B.P.C.”, “Erythrityltetranitrate, B.P.C. 1949.”, “Fructose, B.P. 1948.”, “Glucose, Liquid, B.P. 1953.”, “Iodoform Suppository, B.P. 1948.”, “Ox-Bile Extract, B.P. 1948.”, “Quassia Tincture, B.P. 1948.” and “Vitamin K.”.

Fifth Schedule.

4. The Fifth Schedule to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the item relating to the pharmaceutical benefit “Ethisterone Tablets B.P.” and inserting in its stead the following item:—

Ethisterone Tablets B.P... Turner’s syndrome”; and

(b) by omitting the item relating to the pharmaceutical benefit “Fluoxymesterone” and inserting in its stead the following item:—

“Fluoxymesterone....................................................   Mammary carcinoma With the written authority of the Director-General, long-term steroid therapy”.

    

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.