10. Miscellaneous

Page last updated: 29 August 2018

References

This Schedule identifies monographs of the British Pharmacopoeia, the British Pharmaceutical Codex, and the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook by the letters BP, BPC and APF respectively. References to all editions of the BPC and to earlier editions of the BP and APF also include the year of publication or the number of the edition.

Standards

Pharmacists can only supply under the PBS medicines which, or whose ingredients, conform to the standards of composition or purity prescribed. These standards are those specified in the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

Legislation

Copies of the National Health Act 1953 and the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017 are available at the Federal Register of Legislation website.