Background Dr Sivathasan was a New South Wales based General Practitioner, with a background in cosmetic surgery. Between May 2020 and September 2022, Dr Sivathasan was the subject of five separate notifications relating to procedures performed by him and an...
Introduction Victoria was an early adopter of VAD, passing Australian-first legislation in November 2017 and with their VAD scheme commencing in June 2019. Western Australia followed shortly after, passing legislation in December 2019, resulting in the scheme...
In Medical Board of Australia v Origanti [2024] VCAT 467, the Medical Board of Australia (the Board) took the unusual step of initiating concurrent proceedings against three medical practitioners under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law relating to...
AI technology is rapidly becoming integrated into many areas of healthcare, including to diagnose and treat patients or clients. New AI tools such as medical scribing are becoming more established within practices to assist in preparation of clinical documentation and...
An overview of the key takeaway points for service providers can be found here. Commonwealth Response On Wednesday, 31 July 2024, the Commonwealth released its response to the Royal Commission Final Report. Of the 222 recommendations, 172 recommendations were...
Overview of the PRIS Bill Privacy Framework The PRIS Bill introduces a framework to protect the privacy of personal information managed by public entities, ministers, parliamentary secretaries, and contracted service providers[i]. The framework is grounded in the...
Complaints and legal claims can add stress to the practitioner’s life, disrupts and detracts from the provision of services, adversely affects the practice’s reputation and the legal costs in responding to the complaints and / or legal claims often exceeds the fees...
The decision involved Mr Ronan Boothman (the Plaintiff) who commenced proceedings against his chiropractor, Dr Christopher George (the Defendant). After straining his back whilst surfing, the Plaintiff attended upon the Defendant for treatment, which he alleged was...
The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (the Act), now obliges Australian employers and persons conducting a business to take “reasonable and proportionate measures” to eliminate, as far as is possible, the following behaviours: discrimination on the ground of sex in a work...
Western Australia has now adopted the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld), as it stood on 10 October 2023 with modifications, as a law of Western Australia. The...