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In the FWO’s line of fire: A warning to all medical practice owners/doctors
The Federal Circuit Court of Australia has ordered that Windaroo Medical Surgery pay a pecuniary penalty of $39,600 for acting in contravention of...
Amendment of patient medical records under the FOI Act
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...
State Administrative Tribunal Annual Report 2015-2016
Vocational Regulation matters, which include disciplinary and professional regulation of health practitioners, lawyers, security agents and real...
Alleged failure to diagnose melanoma
The New South Wales Supreme Court (NSWSC) has found that a doctor did not breach his duty of care in his diagnosis of the presence of a plantar wart...
Selling a Dental Practice in Australia? What you need to do to prepare
Being prepared will not only avoid costly delays but could also maximise the value. Here are some tips to assist you in preparing to sell a dental...
COAG Health Council meeting considers paramedics, midwives and chiropractors
At the COAG Health Council meeting on 7 October 2016, Health Ministers agreed to proceed with amendments to the Health Practitioner Regulation...
Importance of providing coroner with detailed evidence of root cause analysis and corrective action
The inquest In Inquest into the death of Michael James Calder, Deputy State Coroner Lock of the Coroners Court in Queensland considered the...
Are you ready for the new business-to-business unfair contract term laws?
ACCC Deputy Chair Dr Michael Schaper has explained that ”the new law will apply when a term in a small business standard form contract: causes a...
Unfair Contract Terms Alert
From 12 November 2016 small businesses will be afforded the same protection that consumers currently have from unfair contract terms under the...
Nurses disciplined for using restraints on vulnerable patient with dementia
The patient was initially restrained for some two hours in the Ward’s lounge room. Thereafter while he was still being restrained in a chair by...