THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Western Australia Police, with the aim of boosting coordination and communication between the agencies in the interest of protecting the public.
The MoU formalises existing processes for the release of information by AHPRA when it identifies information relating to criminal offences including physical harm, sexual offending, production of exploitative material and/or drug offences.
It also documents the mechanism for WA Police to share information with AHPRA about practitioners who they suspect may pose a risk of substantial harm to the public, or individuals illegally posing as registered health practitioners.
The development of the Western Australia MoU follows a similar agreement established by AHPRA with Victorian Police earlier this year (PD 17 Jul 2018).
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