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

STATUTORY RULES.

1957. No. 25.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953-1956.*

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 1953-1956

Dated this  7th

day of  June , 1957.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Immigration, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Health.

Amendments of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations. 

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of July, 1957.

Writing of prescriptions.

2. Regulation 17 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (3.), after the words—

“Calcium Aurothiomalate.”,

the words—

“Cholera Vaccine.”.

First Schedule.

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

(a)by inserting after item 19 the following item:—

“19a Chlormerodrin”; and

(b) by inserting after item 120 the following item:—

“120a Phensuximide”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  7th June, 1957

  Statutory Rules 1956, No. 54, as amended by Statutory Rules No. 75.

2561/57.—Price 5d. 9/30.5.1957.

4. The Second Schedule to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

Second Schedule.

Regulation 11.

DRUGS AND MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS THAT MAY BE PRESCRIBED FOR SUPPLY, SUPPLIED AND RECEIVED AS GENERAL PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS ONLY FOR THE TREATMENT OF A DISEASE OR PURPOSE.

Item No.	Name or Formula.	Disease or Purpose.
1	Bemegride with Amiphenazole Hydrochloride	Antidote for barbiturate and other hypnotic poisons
2	Busulphan ............................................	The leukaemias
3	Calcium Para-Aminosalicylate ............................................	Tuberculosis
4	Calcium Para-Aminosalicylate Granules	Tuberculosis
5	Caramiphen Hydrochloride ............................................	Parkinsonism
6	Chloramphenicol ............................................	Acute laryngo-tracheo-bronchitis
		As an alternative to penicillin in the treatment of any disease in a person in whom penicillin sensitivity has been established
		Bacillary dysentery that is resistant both to sulphonamides and streptomycin
		Bacterium coli meningitis if other forms of treatment are unsuccessful
		Brucellosis
		Granuloma inguinale
		Infections due to Friedlander bacillus
		Infections due to haemophilus influenzae
		Lymphogranuloma venereum
		Salmonella infections
		Severe gastro-enteritis in children
		Staphylococcal infections
		Surgical conditions of the bowel (pre-operative and post-operative)
		Typhoid fever
		Typhus and other rickettsial diseases
		Urinary tract infections due to gram negative bacilli that do not respond to sulphonamides
		Whooping cough (haemophilus pertussis)
7	Chloramphenicol Intramuscular ....................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chloramphenicol
8	Chloramphenicol Palmitate.	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chloramphenicol
9	Chlortetracycline ...............	Actinomycosis
		Acute and sub-acute bacterial endocarditis-streptococcus faecalis
		Amoebiasis
		As an alternative to penicillin in the treatment of any disease in a person in whom penicillin sensitivity has been established
		Bacillary dysentery that is resistant both to sulphonamides and streptomycin
		Brucellosis
		Chancroid
		Granuloma inguinale
		Infections due to Friedlander bacillus
		Leptospirosis
		Lymphogranuloma venereum
		Pneumonia that does not respond to penicillin or sulphonamides

Second Schedule—continued.

Item No.	Name or Formula.	Disease or Purpose.
9	Chlortetracycline—continued. ....................................	Primary atypical pneumonia
		Psittacosis
Puerperal infections
Rat-bite fever—spirillum minus
Staphylococcal infections
Trachoma that does not respond to sulphonamides
Typhus and other rickettsial diseases
Urinary tract infections due to gram negative bacilli that do not respond to sulphonamides
Whooping cough (haemophilus pertussis)
10	Chlortetracycline Granules ....................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
11	Chlortetracycline Suspension ....................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
12	Cortisone Acetate ....................................	Acquired haemolytic anaemia
Acute exfoliative dermatitis associated with drug therapy
Acute rheumatic carditis
Addison’s disease and other forms of adrenocortical hypoplasia
Adrenogenital syndrome
Dermatomyositis
Panhypopituitarism
Pemphigus
Periarteritis nodosa
Pseudohermaphroditism
Sarcoidosis
Scleroderma
Status asthmaticus
Systemic lupus erythematosus
The leukaemias
Thrombocytopenic purpura
Total adrenalectomy
13	Cyanocobalamin ....................................	Established megalocytic anaemias
14	Deoxycortone Acetate Aqueous ....................................	Addison’s disease
15	Deoxycortone Acetate Aqueous Suspension	Addison’s disease
16	Deoxycortone Acetate Oily ....................................	Addison’s disease
17	Dienoestrol ....................................	Carcinoma of the prostate
Mammary carcinoma
18	Dihydrostreptomycin ....................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to streptomycin, but only if the person being treated for that disease or purpose is allergic to streptomycin
19	Dihydrotachysterol ....................................	Parathyroid deficiency
20	Erythromycin ....................................	Staphylococcal infections that are resistant both to the tetracyclines and to penicillin
21	Folic Acid ....................................	Sprue or the sprue-like syndrome
Macrocytic anaemia
22	Hydrocortisone ....................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to cortisone acetate
23	Isoniazid ....................................	Leprosy
Tuberculosis
24	Mercaptopurine ....................................	The leukaemias
25	Methorphinan ....................................	Inoperable cancer
26	Nitrofurantoin ....................................	Urinary tract infections
27	Oxytetracycline Dihydrate ....................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline

Second Schedule—continued.

Item No.	Name or Formula.	Disease or Purpose.
28	Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride ........................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
29	Oxytetracycline Suspension ..	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
30	Pancreatin ...........................	Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
		Pancreatico-duodenectomy
31	Para-Aminosalicylic Acid .....	Tuberculosis
32	Penicillin Tablets .................	For the penicillin treatment of haemophiliacs
		Nephritis in children under the age of 16 years
		Prophylactic use in rheumatic fever or chorea in children under the age of 16 years
33	Phenoxymethyl Penicillin .....	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to penicillin tablets
34	Phenindamine Tartrate .........	Parkinsonism
35	Prednisolone ........................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to cortisone acetate
36	Prednisone ...........................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to cortisone acetate
37	Progesterone ........................	Habitual abortion
38	Progesterone Depot ..............	Habitual abortion
39	Pyridostigmine Bromide .......	Myasthenia gravis
40	Quinine Bisulphate ..............	Malaria
41	Quinine Dihydrochloride ......	Malaria
42	Quinine Hydrochloride .........	Malaria
43	Quinine Sulphate .................	Malaria
44	Sodium Para-Aminosalicylate	Tuberculosis
45	Stilboestrol ..........................	Carcinoma of the prostate
		Mammary carcinoma
6	Streptomycin .......................	Bacillary dysentery not responding to sulphonamides
		Brucellosis
		Chancroid
		Endocarditis due to streptococcus faecalis
		Endocarditis due to streptococcus viridans
		Infections due to Friedlander bacillus
		Infections due to haemophilus influenzae
		Infections due to pseudomonas pyocyaneus
		Plague
		Rat-bite fever—streptobacillus moniliformis Salmonella infections
		Surgical conditions of the bowel (pre-operative and post-operative)
		Surgical conditions of the thoracic organs
		Tuberculosis
		Tularaemia
		Urinary tract infections which do not respond to sulphonamides
47	Streptomycin Sulphate Intrathecal	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to streptomycin
48	Streptomycin Sulphate Solution ...........................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to streptomycin
49	Suprarenal Cortex Extract .....	Adrenal failure
50	Testosterone ........................	Mammary carcinoma
		Castration
51	Testosterone Methyl .............	Mammary carcinoma
		Castration
52	Testosterone Oenanthate ......	Mammary carcinoma
		Castration
53	Testosterone Phenyl Propionate ........................................	Mammary carcinoma
		Castration

Second Schedule—continued.

Item No.	Name or Formula.	Disease or Purpose.
54	Testosterone Propionate .............................................	Mammary carcinoma
		Castration
55	Tetracycline .............................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
56	Tetracycline Granules .............................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
57	Tetracycline Paediatric Drops .............................................	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
58	Tetracycline with Oleandomycin	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
59	Tetracycline with Sodium Metaphosphate	Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to chlortetracycline
60	Trimetaphan Camphorsulphonate	Hypotensive for anaesthesia
61	Vitamin K1 .............................................	Antidote to anticoagulants

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