Doctors and medical practice managers: How to avoid AHPRA breaches
Doctors, health practitioners and allied health practitioners are regulated by the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
AHPRA administers the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Law) and works with 15 national boards across Australia to protect the public by setting standards and policies that all health practitioners across 16 health professions must meet. Commonly, AHPRA regulates complaints against doctors and other health and allied health professionals.
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An Essential Step for all Psychologists: Future Proof Your Practice
As a psychologist you tend to consider the future and think about risk often, so this article might answer some questions you have had on your mind. Have you ever thought about what would happen to your practice if the worst were to happen to you? Would your clients be taken care of?
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Tenant Medical Practice: Sublease vs Licence Agreement Explained
If you’re a practice manager of a busy medical practice with spare rooms on hand that are not used every day, you’ve probably thought about the best way to make use of those spare rooms. A great solution is to get a tenant doctor or other allied health professional into the spare room when it is not otherwise in use.
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Succession Planning for Medical and Health Businesses: Key Insights
Nobody enjoys thinking about their own death, incapacity or everything that could go wrong when running a medical practice. I remember reviewing an agreement for a friend in health once and saying “What would happen if the worst were to happen?” She said, “I prefer not to think about that!” It’s not a fun thought, but it is an essential one. Fixing a problem when it occurs always costs more in time, energy, and legal expenses,
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Directors’ obligations: A guide to the legal duties of not-for-profit health board directors
People who work in the health and medical industries often put heart at the centre of what they do, it’s often care that is at the heart of what you do. There are many worthy causes in the industry so if you work in medical or health you may have been asked to serve on the board, as a director in a not for profit in the sector.
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Changing Your Medical Practice’s Legal Structure – Is It Time?
Running your own medical practice is an exciting yet challenging venture. Practitioners who have their own practice must navigate various administrative and legal complexities, one of them being their medical practice structure. As medical legal advisors, we’ve seen how the right structure can help practitioners avoid legal headaches, and how the wrong structure can create them.
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Five things you must do when you close a medical practice
Closing a medical practice in Australia is a significant decision for a medical practice owner. It creates a myriad of legal, financial, and operational considerations and can be tricky to navigate. Whether you're retiring from practice, relocating, experiencing illness or transitioning to another phase of your career, it's critical to approach the process with diligence and care.
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Practice Managers: Why now is a great time to review your agreements with independent doctors
Often medical practices hire doctors as independent practitioners because it is thought to be more flexible, for both the practice and the doctor. However, with ongoing changes to the law around independent contractors and tenant doctors, an independent practitioner can in many cases be considered an employee.
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Why is it dangerous and not a good idea to do your own lawyering?
Specific, tailored and carefully drafted legal agreements are essential to ensure proper protection of your medical or allied health practice. Increasingly, websites from non-lawyers (e.g. business coaches or professional associations) are purporting to offer “cheap, fast and convenient” templated legal documents.
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