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554 1993/115 THE DRUG TARIFF 1998 PURSUANT to section 99 of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister of Health hereby gives the following direction. ANALYSIS PART V ABATEMENTS 15. Group 2 cardholders 1. Title and commencement 16. Certain other cardholders 2. Interpretation 17. Contraceptives 18. Requirements in excess of 20 PART I 19. Class B controlled drugs REQ.UIREMENTS 20. The Hokianga 3. Requirements generally 4. Certain requirements excluded 5. Standards PART VI PRIGING PART II 21. Application of Pricing Schedules PERIOD AND QUANTITY OF SUPPLY 22. Computation of selling price 6. Doctors' and midwives' prescriptions 23. Rounding calculations (other than oral contraceptives) 24. Minimum charges 7. Oral contraceptives 25. Water 8. Dentists' prescriptions 26. Payments for bulk supply orders 9. Original packs, and certain antibiotics 27. Payment for practitioners' supply orders PART III 28. Allergy treatment sets CHARGES 29. Disputes 10. Restriction on charges I!. Part charges 12. Other permitted charges PART VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS PART IV 30. Claims on Department CALCULATION OF PAYMENTS 31. Bulk supply orders 13. Requirements other than hypodermic 32. Practitioner's supply orders syringes and needles 33. Wholesale supply orders 14. Hypodermic syringes and non· 34. Revocations and savings disposable hypodermic needles Schedules 1993/115 Drug Tariff 1993 555 DIRECTION 1. Tide and commencement-(I) This direction may be cited as the Drug Tariff 1993. (2) This direction shall come into force on the 1st day of May 1993. 2. Interpretation-(I) In this direction, unless the context otherwise requires,- "The Act" means the Social Security Act 1964: "Board" means an Area Health Board under the Area Health Boards Act 1983 or a Hospital Board under the Hospitals Act 1952: "Child" means an unmarried person who (a) Is under 16; or (b) Is under 18 and is not financially independent: "Class B controlled drug" means a Class B controlled drug within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975: "Controlled drug" means a controlled drug within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (other than a controlled drug specified in Part VI of the Third Schedule to that Act): "Couple" means a man and woman who are either- (a) Legally married to each other, and not living apart; or (b) Living together in a relationship in the nature of marriage: "Dentist" means a person registered as a dentist under the Dental Act 1988: "The Department" means the Department of Health: "Dependent child", in relation to any person, means a child whose care is primarily the responsibility of that person; and who (a) Is being maintained as a member of that person's family; -and (b) Is fmancially dependent on that person; and (c) Is not a child in respect of whom payments are being made under section 363 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: "Director-General" means the chief executive of the Department: "Doctor" means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Practitioners Act 1968: "Family unit" means- (a) A couple, and one or more dependent children of one or other or both of them; or (b) A couple with no dependent children; or (c) One person and one or more dependent children; or (d) One person who is not a member of a family unit of a kind described in paragraphs (a) to (c) of this definition: "Financially independent" means- (a) In full employment (as defmed in section 3 (1) of the Act); or (b) In receipt of a basic grant or an independent circumstances grant under the Student Allowances Regulations 1991; or (c) In receipt of payments under a Government-assisted scheme that the Director-General of Social Welfare considers analagous to a benefit; or (d) In receipt of a benefit under Part I of the Act: "The First Schedule" means the First Schedule to this direction: 556 Drug Tariff 199.3 1993/115 "Group 1 cardholder" means the holder of an Wlexpired group 1 card (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Entitlement Card) Regulations 1991): "Group 2 cardholder" means the holder of an Wlexpired group 2 card (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Entitlement Card) Regulations 1991): "GST" means goods and services tax Wlder the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985: "High use cardholder" means the holder of an Wlexpired high use health card issued Wlder regulation 4 of the Social Security (Medical Fees) Regulations 1986: "Licensed hospital" means a place or institution that is- (a) A licensed hospital within the meaning of Part V of the Hospitals Act 1957; or (b) Recognised and approved as a hospital for the purposes of Part 11 of the Act: "Midwife" means a person whose name appears for the time being in that part of the Register of Nurses kept Wlder section 16 of the Nurses Act 1977 relating to registered midwives: "Month" means a period of 30 consecutive days: "Outpatient", in relation to a requirement, means a person who, as part of treatment at a hospital Wlder the control of a Board, is prescribed the requirement for consumption or use in the person's home: "Payment" means payment by the Department in accordance with this direction: "Practitioner" means a person who is a doctor, a dentist, or a midwife: "Practitioner's supply order" means a written order made by a practitioner for a requirement or requirements the practitioner expects to need for personal administration to patients Wlder the practitioner's care or for use in emergencies: "Pricmg Schedules" means the direction given by the Minister of Health (Wlder the name 'The Prescription Pricing Schedules') Wlder section 99 of the Act that is for the time being in force: "Proprietary preparation" means a requirement that is supplied by reference to a trade mark or trade name or by reference to the name of its manufacturer: "The regulations" means the Social Security (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1965: "Requirement" means a pharmaceutical requirement: "Specialist", in relation to a prescription, means a doctor (a) Who- (i) Is a specialist (whether for the purposes of sections 93 and 94 of the Act or for the purposes of section 113 of the Act) within the meaning of section 88 of the Act; and (ii) Has written the prescription in the course of practising in the specialty in respect of which the doctor has specialist status; or (b) Who- (i) Is for the time being recognised by the Director-General as a specialist (in relation to a particular area of medicine) for the purposes of this direction; and 1993/115 Drug Tariff 1993 557 (ii) Has written the prescription in the course of practising in that area of medicine. (2) Except as provided in subclause (1) of this clause, terms defined in section 88 of the Act or regulation 2 of the regulations have the meanings given to them by that section or regulation. PART I REQUIREMENTS 8. Requirelllents generally-Subject to (a) Clause 4 of this direction; and (b) The conditions (if any) specified in the second column of Part 11 of the First Schedule opposite the reference to it in the first column of that Part,- every medicine, drug, appliance, and thing specified in the first column of Part 11 of the First Schedule, and every preparation (having an inert base) of any of them, is hereby declared to be included in this direction and to be a requirement for its purposes. 4. Certain requirelllents excluded-Medicines, drugs, and material of the following classes are not included in this direction and are not requirements: (a) Substances, or combinations of substances, ordered for any purpose other than- (i) Treatment of a patient's medical or dental condition; or (ii) Pregnancy tests; or (iii) The prevention of sexually transmitted disease; or (iv) Contraception: (b) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be so packed, substances, and combinations of substances, packed under pressure in aerosol cans or other similar devices: (c) Electrode jellies: (d) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be so packed, eye drops packed in single·dose units: (e) Insect repellants and similar preparations: (f) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be in such a form, oral preparations in long.acting form: (g) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be in such a form, substances or combinations of substances, in lozenge or similar form: (h) Machine·spread plasters: (i) Preparations prescribed as foods: 0) Unless they are deemed or declared to be requirements elsewhere in this direction, substances, combinations of substances, or articles, in the form of proprietary medicines or proprietary articles: (k) Shampoos (other than extemporaneously prepared medicated shampoos, or shampoos specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule, intended for the treatment of a patient's medical condition): (1) Toilet preparations: (m) Tooth pastes and powders: (n) Lubricating jellies and catheter lubricants: (0) Sterile diluents for nebulising solutions: (p) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be in such a form, substances in a form intended to enable delivery 558 Drug Tariff 1993 1993/115 by transdennal diffusion or osmosis or by the insertion of any solid object or substance into the eye cavity: (q) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be in such a fonn, substances in a fonn intended for intravenous delivery (otherwise than by injection): (r) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be so packed, substances packed in pre-Ioaded syringes known as Min-IJets: (s) Unless they are specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule otherwise than in combination with other ingredients, requirements prescribed as cough mixtures: (t) Unless they are specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule, vitamin preparations in capsule form: (u) Unless it is specified in Part 11 of the First Schedule that they may be prescribed for such use, substances prescribed for use as irrigating solutions.