Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010

A person who is not a registered health practitioner must not knowingly or recklessly—

take or use the title of "registered health practitioner", whether with or without any other words; or

take or use a title, name, initial, symbol, word or description that, having regard to the circumstances in which it is taken or used, indicates or could be reasonably understood to indicate—

the person is a health practitioner; or

the person is authorised or qualified to practise in a health profession; or

claim to be registered under this Law or hold himself or herself out as being registered under this Law; or

claim to be qualified to practise as a health practitioner.

Maximum penalty:

in the case of an individual—$60 000 or 3 years imprisonment or both; or

in the case of a body corporate—$120 000.

A person must not knowingly or recklessly—

take or use the title of "registered health practitioner", whether with or without any other words, in relation to another person who is not a registered health practitioner; or

take or use a title, name, initial, symbol, word or description that, having regard to the circumstances in which it is taken or used, indicates or could be reasonably understood to indicate—

another person is a health practitioner if the other person is not a health practitioner; or

another person is authorised or qualified to practise in a health profession if the other person is not a registered health practitioner in that health profession; or

claim another person is registered under this Law, or hold the other person out as being registered under this Law, if the other person is not registered under this Law; or

claim another person is qualified to practise as a health practitioner if the other person is not a registered health practitioner.

Maximum penalty:

in the case of an individual—$60 000 or 3 years imprisonment or both; or

in the case of a body corporate—$120 000.