Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
LegislationReferenced in 11 bills
Health Transparency Bill 2019
This bill requires Queensland hospitals and aged care facilities to publicly report quality and staffing information so consumers can make informed choices. It also sets minimum staffing ratios for public aged care facilities and streamlines health complaint handling between the Health Ombudsman and national regulators.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill changes when health practitioners must report colleagues they're treating to regulators, and increases penalties for people pretending to be registered health practitioners. The reporting changes aim to encourage practitioners with mental health or substance issues to seek treatment without fear of automatic career consequences.
Pharmacy Business Ownership Bill 2023
This bill creates a new licensing system for pharmacy ownership in Queensland, replacing the outdated 2001 Act. It establishes an independent Queensland Pharmacy Business Ownership Council to regulate who can own pharmacies and enforce compliance. The bill retains existing restrictions limiting pharmacy ownership to pharmacists while adding new transparency measures and prohibiting pharmacies in supermarkets.
Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018
This bill decriminalises termination of pregnancy in Queensland, removing it from the Criminal Code and treating it as a health matter. It allows women to access terminations through registered medical practitioners up to 22 weeks gestation, with additional safeguards for later terminations, and creates protected zones around clinics.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Surgeons) Amendment Bill 2023
This bill protects the title 'surgeon' so only medical practitioners with significant surgical training can use it. It responds to widespread consumer confusion in the cosmetic surgery industry, where any doctor could previously call themselves a 'cosmetic surgeon' regardless of their qualifications, putting patients at risk.
Motor Accident Insurance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
This bill tackles 'claim farming' - a growing problem where anonymous callers from local or overseas call centres contact Queenslanders after car accidents, often impersonating government agencies, to pressure them into making insurance claims. These callers then sell the victims' personal information to lawyers or claims services for a fee. The bill creates new criminal offences for this conduct and strengthens the Motor Accident Insurance Commission's powers to investigate and prosecute offenders.
Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
This bill puts frontline health workers on Hospital and Health Boards and cracks down on illegal vaping. It requires each hospital board to include at least one doctor, nurse or allied health professional who actually works at that hospital. It also allows Queensland Health to immediately destroy seized vaping products rather than storing them for weeks, and lets courts make convicted sellers pay enforcement costs.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill reforms how cancelled or disqualified health practitioners can regain their registration, increases transparency about practitioners found guilty of sexual misconduct, and strengthens protections for people who report concerns. It amends the national framework regulating Australia's 16 registered health professions.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
This bill would have strengthened patient safety by making it harder for health practitioners with serious misconduct to regain their registration, permanently publishing sexual misconduct findings on public registers, and protecting people who report concerns about practitioners. It lapsed when the 57th Parliament ended and did not become law.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill strengthens the national framework for regulating Australia's 800,000+ registered health practitioners. It gives regulators new powers to protect the public from dangerous practitioners, improves information sharing about risky practitioners, and requires the health system to provide culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
This bill makes wide-ranging amendments to Queensland health legislation, with major reforms to mental health law including stronger rights for patients in electroconvulsive therapy decisions and transfers, better access to patient records for allied health professionals, improved support for victims of unlawful acts, and various technical updates across multiple Acts.