Health Complaints Act 2016

A general health service provider must not engage in any form of misinformation or misrepresentation in relation to the products or services the provider provides or the qualifications, training or professional affiliations the provider holds.

Without limiting subclause (1)—

a general health service provider must not use the provider's possession of a particular qualification to mislead or deceive clients or the public as to the provider's competence in a field of practice or ability to provide treatment; and

a general health service provider must provide truthful information as to the provider's qualifications, training or professional affiliations; and

a general health service provider must not make claims either directly to clients or in advertising or promotional materials about the efficacy of treatment or services the provider provides if those claims cannot be substantiated.