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Schedule 3Code of conduct for non-registered health practitioners
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# Schedule 3 Code of conduct for non-registered health practitioners
Schedule 3 Code of conduct for non-registered health practitioners
section 116(1)
Note—
In the [Public Health Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-127) and this code of conduct, health organisation, health practitioner, health service and relevant health organisation have the same meanings as in the [Health Care Complaints Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-105).
The [Health Care Complaints Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-105) definitions are—
health organisation means a body that provides a health service, not being a health practitioner, and
health practitioner means a natural person who provides a health service, whether or not the person is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, and
health service includes the following services, whether provided as public or private services—
> (a) medical, hospital, nursing and midwifery services,
> (b) dental services,
> (c) mental health services,
> (d) pharmaceutical services,
> (e) ambulance services,
> (f) community health services,
> (g) health education services,
> (h) welfare services necessary to implement any services referred to in paragraphs (a)–(g),
> (i) services provided in connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practices and medical radiation practices,
> (j) Chinese medicine, chiropractic, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology services,
> (k) optical dispensing, dietitian, massage therapy, naturopathy, acupuncture, speech therapy, audiology and audiometry services,
> (l) services provided in other alternative health care fields,
> (m) forensic pathology services,
> (n) a service prescribed by the regulations as a health service for the purposes of the [Health Care Complaints Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-105), and
relevant health organisation means a person that is a health organisation other than the following—
> (a) a public health organisation within the meaning of the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154),
> (b) a public hospital within the meaning of the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154),
> (c) a private health facility licensed under the [Private Health Facilities Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-009),
> (d) an organisation or class of organisation prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.