South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts43—Obligation to report medical unfitness or unprofessional conduct of
podiatrist or podiatry student
(1) If—
(a) a
health professional who has treated, or is treating, a patient who is a
podiatrist or podiatry student; or
(b) a
person who provides podiatric treatment through the instrumentality of a
podiatrist or podiatry student; or
(c) the
person in charge of an educational institution at which a podiatry student is
enrolled in a course of study providing qualifications for registration on the
general register,
is of the opinion that the podiatrist or podiatry student is or may be
medically unfit to provide podiatric treatment, the person must submit a
written report to the Board setting out his or her reasons for that opinion
and any other information required by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) If a
podiatric services provider or exempt provider is of the opinion that a
podiatrist or podiatry student through whom the provider provides
podiatric treatment has engaged in unprofessional conduct, the provider must
submit a written report to the Board setting out the provider's reasons for
that opinion and any other information required by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) The Board must
cause a report made under this section to be investigated.
(4) In this
section—
"health professional" means—
(a) a
medical practitioner; or
(b) a
psychologist; or
(c) any
other person who belongs to a profession, or who has an occupation, declared
by the Board, by notice in the Gazette, to be a profession or occupation
within the ambit of this definition.