The Health Care Complaints Commission can now order unsafe health practices to immediately cease operating under significant changes aimed at better protecting patients.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard said that changes to the Public Health Regulation means a prohibition order can be issued for a breach of a new code of conduct that applies to health practices offering services such as massage therapy, naturopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic and other alternative health care.
“These changes enable the HCCC to use their powers to prohibit health organisations from operating where they pose a risk to the health or safety of the public,” Mr Hazzard said.
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