Legal and Regulatory Issues for the Health Sector: Professional Conduct and the Health Sector
Update your knowledge and understanding of the current approach of AHPRA and the Medical Board combined with an analysis of coronial referrals to the regulator. WEB246N08D
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Dr Owen Bradfield, Chief Medical Officer, Medical Indemnity Protection Society
9.00am to 10.00am Judicial Review in Medical Law: From Professional Services Review to AHPRA
- Judicial Review and Jurisdictional Error
- Outcomes in Judicial Review
- Application to PSR investigations, Medical Panel assessments and challenging regulatory guidelines
Presented by Rob Muir, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
10.00am to 11.00am Update on Medical Board and AHPRA Investigations and Hearings
- Outlining the changes to the national law
- A consideration of the potential impacts on the landscape of disciplinary investigations and hearings
Presented by Mia Campbell, Special Counsel, Kennedys
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Break
11.15am to 12.15pm Review of Coronial Referrals to Regulators
- An examination of the issues when a medical setting death is reportable to the coroner
- Analysis of the various definitions of medical setting reportable deaths in state and territory Coroners Acts
- An exploration of the offences and penalties that attach to a failure to comply with coronial reporting obligations
- What is contained in Coroner’s Guidelines to assist health practitioners to understand their reporting obligations
Presented by Dr Ada Lim, Barrister, Third Floor, St James Hall Chambers