AI-assisted research summary: These regulations let the minister designate medical supplies in the formulary and pay all or part of their cost for eligible family-unit members.
1 DRUG PLAN MEDICAL SUPPLIES D-17 REG 11 The Drug Plan Medical Supplies Regulations being Chapter D-17 Reg 11 (effective July 1, 2003). NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 D-17 REG 11 DRUG PLAN MEDICAL SUPPLIES Table of Contents 1 Title 2 Interpretation 3 Designated medical supplies 4 Eligibility for payment 5 Amount of payment 6 Manner of payment 7 Application of The Prescription Drugs Regulations, 1993 8 Coming into force 3 DRUG PLAN MEDICAL SUPPLIES D-17 REG 11 CHAPTER D-17 REG 11 The Department of Health Act Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Drug Plan Medical Supplies Regulations. Interpretation 2 In these regulations: (a) “designated medical supplies” means medical supplies designated in the formulary pursuant to section 3; (b) “drug” means a drug as defined in section 2 of The Prescription Drugs Act; (c) “eligible person” means a person with respect to whom the minister may, pursuant to section 4, pay for designated medical supplies; (d) “formulary” means the formulary established by the minister pursuant to section 4 of The Prescription Drugs Act; (e) “medical supplies” means test strips, syringes, needles, alcohol swabs, lancets and other similar items that are used in the treatment or management of a disease or medical condition in a human or are necessary for the administration of a drug to a human. 18 Jly 2003 cD-17 Reg 11 s2. Designated medical supplies 3 The minister shall designate in the formulary those medical supplies for which the minister may make payment pursuant to these regulations. 18 Jly 2003 cD-17 Reg 11 s3. Eligibility for payment 4 The minister may, from time to time, pay all or part of the cost of designated medical supplies obtained from a pharmacy for use with respect to persons who are members of family units, as defined in section 2 of The Prescription Drugs Regulations, 1993, that are eligible for benefits pursuant to those regulations. 18 Jly 2003 cD-17 Reg 11 s4. Amount of payment 5 The amount of any payment for designated medical supplies by the minister with respect to an eligible person is to be determined as if the designated medical supplies were drugs within the meaning of The Prescription Drugs Act. 18 Jly 2003 cD-17 Reg 11 s5. 4 D-17 REG 11 DRUG PLAN MEDICAL SUPPLIES Manner of payment 6 Payment for designated medical supplies is to be made as if the designated medical supplies were drugs within the meaning of The Prescription Drugs Act. 18 Jly 2003 cD-17 Reg 11 s6. Application of The Prescription Drugs Regulations, 1993 7 The Prescription Drugs Regulations, 1993 apply, with any necessary modification, to the determination of the eligibility of persons pursuant to section 4, the amount of payments pursuant to section 5, the manner of payment pursuant to section 6 and any other matter that is necessarily incidental to the administration of these regulations. 18 Jly 2003 cD-17 Reg 11 s7. Coming into force 8(1) Subject to subsection (2), these regulations come into force on July 1, 2003. (2) If these regulations are filed with the Registrar of Regulations after July 1, 2003, these regulations come into force on the day on which these regulations are filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 18 Jly 2003 cD-17 Reg 11 s8. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©2003