South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts43—Obligation to report medical unfitness or unprofessional conduct of
chiropractor, osteopath, chiropractic student or osteopathy student
(1) If—
(a) a
health professional who has treated, or is treating, a patient who is a
chiropractor, osteopath, chiropractic student or osteopathy student; or
(b) a
person who provides chiropractic or osteopathy through the instrumentality of
a chiropractor, osteopath, chiropractic student or osteopathy student; or
(c) the
person in charge of an educational institution at which a chiropractic student
or osteopathy student is enrolled in a course of study providing
qualifications for registration on the register of chiropractors or
register of osteopaths,
is of the opinion that the chiropractor, osteopath or student is or may be
medically unfit to provide chiropractic or osteopathy, 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
chiropractic or osteopathy services provider or exempt provider is of the
opinion that a chiropractor, osteopath, chiropractic student or
osteopathy student through whom the provider provides chiropractic or
osteopathy 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.