Law; Privacy; Confideniality

Question 1

AHPRA

Answer 1

Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency

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Question 2

HCCC

Answer 2

Health Care Complaints Commission

|&raquo_space;investigates and handles complaints

Question 3

The three forms of misconduct

Answer 3

Professional misconduct:
-severe. Inconsistent with someone fit to be registered. Multiple incidences of unprofessional conduct
Unprofessional conduct:
-may be a breach of national law, conviction of an offence that may impact on practice, provision of unnecessary services
Notifiable conduct:
-wrong doing that is considered not as severe as professional misconduct, intoxicated at work, sexual misconduct, practicing below standard

Question 4

Laws regarding nurses

Answer 4

1. Health practitioner national law act 2009
2. Health practitioner regulation national law 2012
3. Health care complaints act 1993
4. Health records and information privacy act