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  • Shared Code of conduct

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    communicate effectively with patients to ensure they have enough information to make an informed decision about their current and future care and respect their decision if…
    Date published 29 June 2022
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Code-of-conduct/Shared-Code-of-conduct.aspx
  • October 2019

    Chiropractic Board
    When treating patients, practitioners must obtain informed consent for the care they provide and are expected to discuss the evidence for different treatment options. ...…
    Date published 30 October 2019
    www.chiropracticboard.gov.au/News/Newsletters/October-2019.aspx
  • Resources – helping you understand mandatory notifications

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    If a practitioner is on call, they are practising and should not be intoxicated. ... the breach is obvious, for example, falsifying informed consent in patient medical…
    Date published 5 October 2022
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Notifications/mandatorynotifications/Resources-to-help-you/Resources.aspx
  • Cosmetic procedures in the spotlight one year on from surgery review

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    The planned overhauls are likely to place a stronger emphasis on informed consent and pre-procedure consultation, including a patient suitability assessment. ... The doctor…
    Date published 5 September 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2023-09-05-Cosmetics-procedures-crackdown.aspx
  • Statement on paediatric care

    Chiropractic Board
    When obtaining informed consent practitioners should include information on material risks and expected outcomes and take into account any advance care directive (or…
    Date published 1 January 2011
    www.chiropracticboard.gov.au/Codes-guidelines/Position-statements/Statement-of-Paediatric-care.aspx
  • Improving health practice

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    Informed consent procedures must include providing information to patients in a way they can understand before seeking their consent, and clearly explaining the risks and…
    Date published 1 January 2011
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Publications/Annual-reports/Annual-Report-2022/Improving-health-practice.aspx
  • Managing health records

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    Maintaining clear and accurate health records is essential for the continuing good care of patients. ... It is important to document informed consent for treatment,…
    Date published 20 December 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Managing-health-records.aspx
  • Ahpra and Medical Board announce review of cosmetic surgery checks and balances

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    informed consent. ... Anyone with concerns about the care they have received from a registered health practitioner, can make a notification here or by calling  Ahpra on 1300…
    Date published 30 November 2021
    www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2021-11-24-cosmetic-review.aspx
  • Notifications

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    The patient’s health had deteriorated while they were waiting for care and should have been assessed as a more urgent case. ... They gave consent for Ahpra to speak with the
    Date published 9 November 2023
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Publications/Annual-reports/Annual-report-2023/Notifications.aspx
  • Court and tribunal decisions

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
    A medical specialist has been reprimanded and ordered to pay $20,000 of the Board’s costs after he failed to obtain informed consent from a patient and kept inadequate…
    Date published 1 January 2004
    www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Tribunal-decisions.aspx
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