New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OSTEOPATHS ACT 2001 - SECT 25

25 Meaning of “unsatisfactory professional conduct”

For the purposes of this Act, "unsatisfactory professional conduct", in relation to a registered osteopath, includes any of the following:

(a) any conduct that demonstrates that the knowledge, skill or judgment possessed, or care exercised, by the osteopath in the practice of osteopathy is significantly below the standard reasonably expected of an osteopath of an equivalent level of training or experience,

(b) a contravention by the osteopath of a provision of this Act or the regulations or of a condition of the osteopath’s registration,

(c) a failure without reasonable excuse by the osteopath to comply with a direction by the Board to provide information with respect to a complaint under this Part against the osteopath,

(d) a failure by the osteopath to comply with an order made or a direction given by the Board or the Tribunal under this Act,

(d1) a contravention by the osteopath of section 34A (4) (Power of Commission to obtain information, records and evidence) of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 ,

(e) any other improper or unethical conduct by an osteopath in the course of the practice or purported practice of osteopathy.