Human Rights Commission Regulation 2023

A health care worker must provide a health service in a safe and ethical way.

Without limiting subsection (1), a health care worker must—

be competent to provide the health service; and

have the experience, training and qualification required to provide the health service; and

only prescribe or recommend a treatment or appliance to a client that the health care worker believes serves the needs of the client; and

recognise the limit of the treatment the health care worker can provide; and

if appropriate, refer a client to another competent health service; and

if appropriate, recommend a client seek another opinion or health service; and

if required and practicable, assist a client to find another appropriate health service; and

encourage a client to tell the client’s treating doctor (if any) about the health service being provided by the health care worker; and

provide a health service in a manner that is sensitive to the cultural needs of a client; and

if the health care worker is, or should be, aware a client is taking or receiving another health service—understand the interaction between the health services and tell the client about any possible adverse interaction.