Under the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA), a person has the right to apply to a government agency to amend any inaccurate, incomplete, out of date or misleading information personal information in their medical records. An agency may amend personal information by...
Vocational Regulation matters, which include disciplinary and professional regulation of health practitioners, lawyers, security agents and real estate and settlement agents, comprised only 3% of matters in the Tribunal for 2015/16 period, with 80% of those matters...
A nurse practitioner was found to have engaged in professional misconduct after billing Medicare inappropriately and engaging in multiple boundary violations. The nurse practitioner provided therapy at centres providing crisis and homeless accommodation to adults and...
Currently, 47 doctors Australia-wide are under conditions requiring a chaperone as a temporary protective measure, allowing them to continue to practise whilst misconduct allegations are investigated by AHPRA. The Chaperone system requires strict monitoring and...
The patient and the doctor had been acquainted through their common Islamic faith and their attendance at religious services. In 2011-2012 the patient had sought treatment from the doctor for ‘panic attacks’. In 2014-2015 the patient sent several emails to the doctor,...
The resident had been with the aged care organisation for many years. She had an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability and difficulty speaking. Her finances were being managed by State Trustees. Some of the resident’s money was held by the aged care...
It used to be the case that there was no national legislation prohibiting workplace bullying. This meant that a worker who wanted to pursue a bullying claim had to rely on general laws such as workers’ compensation laws, anti-discrimination laws and common law claims....
The patient had died in September 2005 following an angioplasty procedure performed by the practitioner. The patient’s widow lodged a complaint in 2012. The Board took until December 2014 to file its application with the Tribunal. In July 2015, the Board amended its...