Public Health (General) Amendment Regulation 2008
This Regulation amends the Public Health (General) Regulation 2002 to prescribe a code of practice for the provision of health services by:
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health practitioners who are not required to be registered under a health registration Act (including de-registered health practitioners), and
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health practitioners who are registered under a health registration Act who provide health services that are unrelated to their registration.
Section 7 of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 specifically provides that a complaint may be made under that Act against a health practitioner in relation to an alleged breach of the code of practice.
The code commences on 1 August 2008.
Under clause 17 of the Regulation, practitioners must display a copy of the code at the premises where the practitioner carries out his or her practice and a copy of a notice approved by the Director General giving information about the way in which clients can make complaints to the Health Care Complaints Commission.
The Code of Conduct and approved notice can be accessed below:
Health Care Complaints Commission Notice (approved)
A copy of the code of conduct in a poster format can be accessed below: