Category: Treatment

The title of ‘surgeon’ has been made a protected title under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to restrict the use of the title to certain specialist surgeons only.

Victorian Parliament has introduced new reporting obligations for private hospitals and day procedure centres in relation to compliance with the duty of candour.

The Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Qld) recently passed to create new obligations for mental health services regarding the transfers of patients, electroconvulsive therapy and unauthorised disclosure of personal information.

The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Image-Based Prescribing) Regulations 2023 (Vic) commenced to allow the transmission of digital images of prescriptions for Schedule 4, 8 and 9 poisons to a pharmacist in emergencies.

The Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2023 (Vic) recently passed Victorian parliament to introduce new information that is required to be provided by pathology services for certain notifiable conditions.

New mandatory notification requirements have commenced relating to the administration of a relevant vaccination for Japanese encephalitis virus.

A new Mental Health and Wellbeing regulatory framework has been introduced in Victoria, establishing the necessary powers to ensure that new entities and existing stakeholders can operate effectively in the new scheme.

Significant amendments to the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment regulatory framework have commenced.