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 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.

The Health Care Complaints Act 1993 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, and

relevant health organisation means a person that is a health organisation other than the following—