What you need to know
A hospital authority can apply under section 94 of the National Health Act 1953 (Act) for approval to supply PBS medicines and highly specialised drugs (HSD) to hospital patients.
Under section 84 of the Act, a hospital authority is the:
- governing body of a public hospital
- proprietor of a private hospital.
To be eligible for approval, there must be a declaration that the hospital is a private or public hospital under subsection 121-5(6) of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
See the list of declared hospitals and find out more about the hospital declaration process.
The details in an application for approval to supply PBS medicines and HSD must match the details in the list of declared hospitals.
How to apply
To apply for approval to supply PBS medicines and HSD:
- Complete the Application for a hospital authority to supply pharmaceutical benefits and/or highly specialised drugs – a member of the executive of the hospital authority must sign the application form.
- Submit the form and any related documents through the PBS Approved Suppliers Portal.
If you are a hospital authority seeking approval under section 94 of the Act for more than one hospital, you must submit a separate application for each hospital. A member of the executive of the hospital authority must sign each application form.
For more information on how to lodge your form see How to upload forms or additional requested information.
Please contact us with enquiries or if you need help completing the form.
Please do not email your form to us.
See our Privacy policy to find out how we manage the information you provide in PBS approved supplier forms and the PBS Approved Suppliers Portal.
Prescribing-only public hospital
A public hospital with state or territory government approval to prescribe PBS medicines, HSD or trastuzumab in accordance with a Pharmaceutical Reform Agreement must register with us as a prescribing-only hospital to access PBS stationery.
To register, you will need to submit the Notification of a prescribing-only hospital form through the PBS Approved Suppliers Portal.
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