Vermont South Pharmacy are participating in the Australian Government's COVID-19 Rapid Test Concessional Access Program.  Under the temporary program, participating pharmacies can provide eligible Commonwealth concession card holders access to FREE Rapid Antigen Testing products (RATs).

Holders of the following eligible concession cards are eligible for RATs under the CRTCA Program:

• Pensioner Concession Card;
• Commonwealth Senior Health Care Card;
• Health Care Card (including Low Income Health Care Card); or
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold, White or Orange Cards.

To access RATs under the program, eligible concession card holders must provide their concession card number.  Eligible concession card holders must also provide verbal positive consent either in person, through their carer, or via their pre-existing home delivery service to us to be able to record relevant eligible concession card details into ProjectCOVID for supply, compliance and Community Pharmacy reimbursement purposes.

How many tests can be provided?

Under the CRTCA program, eligible concession card holders are able to access up to 20 RATs over a six-month period, with no more than 5 RATs in any given month. For this program, the months are defined as:

• Month 1: 24 January 2022 to 28 February 2022
• Month 2: 1 March 2022 to 31 March 2022
• Month 3: 1 April 2022 to 30 April 2022
• Month 4: 1 May 2022 to 31 May 2022
• Month 5: 1 June 2022 to 30 June 2022
• Month 6: 1 July 2022 to 31 July 2022.

A pharmacy can only provide an eligible concession card holder with a maximum of one pack (containing either 2 or 5 RATs) in one day through the program. The pack size you are provided with may depend on what stock the pharmacy has available.

COVID-19 Rapid Test Concessional Access Program