REPORTS about incidents of sexual harassment and gendered violence involving health professionals have prompted the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to remind health workers that there is "no place for sexism, sexual harassment or violence in healthcare".
AHPRA said that while most of the 822,374 registered health professionals were focused on patient safety and practice professionally and respectfully within the regulatory framework of registration standards, codes and guidelines, a small number behaved unprofessionally.
"AHPRA and the National Boards explicitly condemn sexism, sexual harassment or gendered violence by registered health practitioners," the agency said.
"Unprofessional conduct may result in regulatory action including suspending registration or imposing a condition on registration, to protect the public.
"Some unprofessional conduct may involve criminal behaviour, such as sexual assault, and should be considered by police in the first instance."
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