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National Health Law Bulletin

WEBOn 5 December 2022, the Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and other Measures) Bill 2022 was assented to by the Governor-General. With the medical …

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National Health Law Bulletin

WEB31 January 2024. We are delighted to welcome you to the HWL Ebsworth Health Law Bulletin. The health law practice of HWL Ebsworth is one of the premier legal service …

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Storage of health records

WEBSpecifically, public sector medical records are to be stored in compliance with General Disposal Schedule No. 28 – Clinical and Clinical-Related Records of Public …

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Changes to mandatory reporting obligations for treating doctors

WEBThe mandatory reporting requirements provided for by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (National Law) were amended from 1 March 2020.The …

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Legislative Update

WEBThe Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (Qld) was passed with amendment on 13 October 2022. A link to the Bill can be …

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The obligation to destroy or deidentify patient data, and …

WEBIn brief. Healthcare service providers such as medical centres and hospitals are required by law to store personal information about patients (patient data) under both state-based …

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Is immediate action against a practitioner in the public interest

WEBIn the recent case of Aly v Medical Board of Australia (Review and Regulation) [2022] VCAT 1096 (27 September 2022), the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal) …

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Accessing records of a deceased patient in New South Wales

WEBBefore a private sector person provides access to health information to a person, the private sector person must take reasonable steps to be satisfied about that person’s authority to …

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Medical Examinations in New South Wales

WEBThe New South Wales Court of Appeal has been called upon to consider the application of Rule 23.4 of the UCPR in two recent matters. In Chopra v State of New …

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ACT Supreme Court sets high standard of care for General …

WEB20 January 2022. There is a very recent ACT Supreme Court decision, Rubino v Ziaee [2021] ACTSC 331, which impacts on the standard of care that applies to General …

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Dentists and Custom‑made medical devices

WEBThe requesting health professional must also have determined there is no other kind of medical device included in the ARTG that addresses the intended …

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Obligations to notify APHRA

WEBIn Health Care Complaints Commission v Lidman [2020] NSWCATOD 48, the HCCC alleged (amongst other things) that Mr Lidman, a registered nurse, failed to …

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Industry focus: Legal considerations for medical technology …

WEBThe number of legal frameworks and considerations that medtech businesses must navigate is extensive, and can understandably be confusing. HWL Ebsworth’s …

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The new Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA), associated …

WEBThe Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) (WHS Act) was passed through parliament in 2020 and took effect from 31 March 2022.Employers are largely expected …

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Mandatory cyber-incident reporting and other obligations: here's …

WEBBy way of example, within the health care and medical sector there is one designated class of critical infrastructure asset, being a critical hospital. A critical hospital …

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Welcome to the HWLE National Safety Newsletter

WEBThe restaurant pleaded guilty to breaching the OHS Act for failing to ensure the health and safety of two 17-year-old apprentices, due to the bullying and harassment by the head …

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Facial Recognition Technology and the law

WEBFRT involves the automated extraction, digitisation and comparison of spatial and geometric distribution of facial features. Using an algorithm, FRT compares an …

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A Recent Snapshot of Defamation Law in Australia

WEBThe true costs of litigation – even when you’re ‘right’. In late 2020, Clive Palmer commenced defamation proceedings against the Western Australian Premier, Mark McGowan. Mr …

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