17 Jul 2024
Tribunal upholds NMBA decision to impose supervision conditions on aged-care nurse
A tribunal has upheld the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s (the NMBA) decision to impose supervision conditions on an aged-care nurse.
08 Jul 2024
Victorian nurse has registration cancelled for touching and groping unconscious patients
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05 Jul 2024
Doctor suspended for inappropriate prescribing, failing to maintain professional boundaries
A Victorian general practitioner has been reprimanded, had his registration suspended for three months and had conditions placed on his registration for failing to safely prescribe scheduled medications and failing to maintain professional boundaries with a patient.
03 Jul 2024
Boundary transgressions sees medical practitioner’s registration cancelled
A West Australian tribunal has ordered a medical practitioner’s registration be cancelled following a finding he transgressed professional and sexual boundaries with three of his female patients.
03 Jul 2024
‘Highly inappropriate’ prescribing and poor clinical management leads to four-year ban for GP
A former GP has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for four years, after prescribing inappropriate and dangerous drugs and providing below standard clinical care to multiple patients.
28 Jun 2024
Victorian physiotherapist disqualified for six years for sexually touching a patient
A Victorian physiotherapist has been disqualified for six years and made the subject of a prohibition order for asking a female patient to unnecessarily remove her underwear during treatment, and touching her in a sexual manner.
13 Jun 2024
Dentist fined $30,000 for practising without registrationz
A WA dental practitioner has been convicted and fined $30,000 for continuing to practise after allowing his registration to lapse.
12 Jun 2024
Call for applications - Registration and Notifications Committee of the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia
The Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (the Board) is seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced community members for appointment to its Registration and Notifications Committee (the Committee) to assist the Board in its primary role of protecting the public.
05 Jun 2024
Occupational therapist banned for indecently dealing with a child
An occupational therapist has had their registration cancelled and been disqualified from reapplying for three years after being convicted of indecently dealing with a child of or over the age of 13 years and under the age of 16 years.
