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 The Second Schedule to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—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 | ||
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| Puerperal infections |
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| Rat-bite fever—spirillum minus |
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| Staphylococcal infections |
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| Trachoma that does not respond to sulphonamides |
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| Typhus and other rickettsial diseases |
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| Urinary tract infections due to gram negative bacilli that do not respond to sulphonamides |
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| 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 |
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| Acute exfoliative dermatitis associated with drug therapy |
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| Acute rheumatic carditis |
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| Addison’s disease and other forms of adrenocortical hypoplasia |
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| Adrenogenital syndrome |
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| Dermatomyositis |
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| Panhypopituitarism |
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| Pemphigus |
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| Periarteritis nodosa |
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| Pseudohermaphroditism |
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| Sarcoidosis |
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| Scleroderma |
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| Status asthmaticus |
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| Systemic lupus erythematosus |
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| The leukaemias |
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| Thrombocytopenic purpura |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Macrocytic anaemia |
22 | Hydrocortisone ....... | Any disease or purpose specified in this column in relation to cortisone acetate |
23 | Isoniazid ........... | Leprosy |
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| 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.