PROTECTING PATIENTS FROM DODGY HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
Source: Victoria. Minister for Health. Media Release
"Unscrupulous health practitioners who prey on vulnerable Victorians could be jailed under a national scheme to protect patients from rogue operators. A meeting of Commonwealth, state and territory health ministers in Melbourne backed the Brumby Government plan, which will establish new rules for unregulated health practitoners.Victorian Health Minister Daniel Andrews said the new laws would stop sham healers from exploiting sick people seeking alternative health treatments.“Victoria wants to ensure that there is a nationally-consistent approach to protect vulnerable patients from unethical and incompetent practitioners,” Mr Andrews said. This scheme will establish national standards of conduct for unregistered health practitioners and give patients a mechanism to report complaints and have them investigated."