Pharmaceutical Benefits Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

 

1953. No. 57

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS

ACT 1947-1952.*

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 PharmaceuticalBenefitsAct 1947-1952.

Dated this Twenty fifth

day of June , 1953.

 

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

     

Minister of State for Health.

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Amendments of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Regulations. 

Second Schedule.

1. The Second Schedule to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Regulations is amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations.

Application of amendments.

2. The amendments effected by these Regulations shall have effect with respect to pharmaceutical benefits supplied on presentation of prescriptions written on or after the first day of July, 1953.

Amendments not to apply in certain cases.

3. Notwithstanding the amendments of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Regulations effected by these Regulations, the provisions of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Regulations, as in force immediately before the date of commencement of these Regulations, shall continue to apply in relation to the supply of pharmaceutical benefits upon presentation, whether before or after that date, of prescriptions written before, that date.

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THE SCHEDULE.

 

1. Insert after item 4 the following item:—
“4a	aloxidone.............................	..........................	0.3 G. cap..............		100	1”.

2. Omit item 11, insert in its stead the following item:—

“11	aureomycin.......................	..	..	50 mg. cap..............	25	..
..	..	100 mg. cap............	25	..
..	..	250 mg. cap............	16	..
..	..	100 mg. cap............	1	..”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  , 1953.

 Statutory Rules 1950, No. 48, as amended by Statutory Rules 1950, Nos. 51, 55, 62 and 94; 1951, Nos. 15, 89 and 135; 1952, No. 22; and 1953, No. 40.

2604..—Price 3d. 9/5.6.1953.

The Schedule—continued.

3. Omit items 16 and 16a, insert in their stead the following item: —

“16	Calcium Paraaminosalicylate	..	..	1.5 G. cachet	200	1
..	..	2.0 G. cachet	200	1
..	..	5 gr. Tab..................	200	1
..	..	7½ gr. tab................	200	1
..	..	100 G. tin.................	1	1
..	..	400 G. tin.................	1	1”.

4. Insert after item 19 the following item:—

“10a Caramiphen Hydrochloride .. .. 0.05 G. tab............... 100 1”.

5. Omit item 24, insert in its stead the following item: —

“24	Chloramphenicol	..	..	0.125 G. cap.............	12	..
..	..	0.25 G. cap...............	12	..”.

6. Omit items 32 and 37a.

7. Insert after item 42 the following item:—

“42a	Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Combined	..	..	1 cc. amp...................	3	..
..	..	5 cc. amp...................	1	..”.

8. Insert after item 43 the following item.:—

“43a	Diphtheria Pertussis Antigen	..	..	1 cc. amp..................	3	..
..	..	5 cc. amp..................	1	..
..	..	5 cc. vial...................	1	..
..	..	7.5 cc. vial................	1	..”.

9. Omit item 45a, insert in its stead the following item: —

“45a	Diphtheria Prophylactic (Purified Toxoid Aluminium Phosphate)	..	..	1 cc. amp..................	2	1
..	..	5 cc. vial...................	1	..
..	..	3 cc. vial..................	1	1
..	..	10 cc. vial.................	1	..
Set containing 2 amps, each 1 cc. Toxoid for use in adults and 1 amp. of 1 cc. Toxoid diluted for skin test	1	..”.
10. Insert after item 48 the following item:—
“48a	Enterovioform..	..	..	0.25 G. tab................	100	1”.

11. Insert alter item 54b the following item:—

“54c	Ethyl Biscoum-acetate		..		..		300 mg. tab..............	100	..”.
12. Insert after item 57 the following item:—
“58	Folic Acid...............................	15 mg. per cc.					1 cc. amp..................	12	..
..		..			5 mg. tab...................	100	1”.

13. Insert after item 77 the following item:—

“77a isoniazid.................................. .. .. 50 mg. tab................ 100 ..”.

14. Insert after item 80 the following item:—

“80a	Lanatoside C.......................	0.2 mg. per cc......		2 cc. amp..................	6	1
..	..	0.25 mg. tab..............	40	1”.

The Schedule—continued.

15. Insert after item 88 the following item:—

“88aa Mercaptomerin Sodium .. .. 1.4 G. vial................ 3 ..”.

16. Omit item 92, insert in its stead the following item:—

“92	Methyl Atropine Nitrate	1/200 gr. per cc.	1 cc. amp.................	6	..
1/100 gr. per cc.	1 cc. amp.................	6	..
0.	½ oz. bottle.............	1	..
.............................	0.001 G. tab............	20	1”.

17. Omit item 103, insert in its stead the following item:—

“103	Morphine with Atropine (J) Morphine Sulphate ¼ gr. Atropine Sulphate 1/100 gr.	..	..	1 amp......................	6	..
		..	..	1 hypo. tab..............	20	..”.

18. Omit item 115, insert in its stead the following item:—

“115	Papaveretum...................	1 /6 err. per cc.	1 cc. amp..................	6	..
⅓ gr. per cc.............	1 cc. amp..................	6	..
...............................	⅓ gr. hypo. tab..........	25	..
...............................	1/6 gr. tab..................	20	..”.

19. Omit item 131a, insert in its stead the following item:—

“131a	Procaine Penicillin (Aqueous)	..	..	300,000 U. vial	6	..
..	..	400,000 U. vial	6	..
..	..	900,00 U vial	6	..
..	..	1,000,000 U. vial	6	..
..	..	3,000,000 U. vial	6	..
400,000 U. per cc.		10 cc. vial..............	6	..”.

20. Insert after item 133 the following item:—

“133a	Progesterone Injection of	..	..	5 mg. amp................	6	..
..	..	10 mg. amp.	6	..”.

21. Insert after item 135 the following item:—

“135a Protamine Sulphate 1%....................... 5 mil. amp................. 6 ..”.

22. Omit item 151, insert in its stead the following item:—

“151	Sodium Para-aminosalicylate	..	..	1.5 G cachet.	200	1
..	..	2.0 G. cachet	200	1
..	..	0.5 G. cap.................	200	1
..	..	5 gr. tab....................	200	1
..	..	7½ gr. tab.................	200	1
20%	..	10 cc. vial.................	6	..”.

23. Omit item 152a.

24. Insert after item 157 the following item:—

“157a Sulphafurazole ................ .. .. 0.5 G. tab................. 100 ..”.

25. Omit items 160 and 161, insert in their stead the following item:—

“160 Sulphamethizole .. .. 0.1 G. tab.................. 30 ..”.

The Schedule continued.

26. Omit items 168aa and 168A inserting in their stead the following items:—

“168a	Terramycin ..	..	..		50 mg. cap...............	25	..
..	..		100 mg. cap.............	25	..
..	..		250 mg. cap.............	16	..
..	..		50 mg. tab................	25	..
..	..		100 mg. tab..............	25	..
..	..		250 mg. tab..............	16	..
..	..		100 mg. vial.............	6	..
250 mg. per 10 cc			10 cc. vial................	6
“168b	Testosterone Methyl	..		..	25 mg. tab................	25	1
..		..	50 mg. tab................	25	1
..		..	100 mg. tab..............	25	1
..		..	150 mg. tab..............	25	1
“168c	Testosterone Propionate	25 mg. per cc.			1 cc. amp.................	12	..
50 mg. per cc.			1 cc. amp.................	12	.. ,,
50 mg. per cc.			10 cc. vial................	1	.”..

27. Omit item 179.

                                  

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.