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/images/Insurance/Photos/Boundaries.jpg Breach of professional boundaries

Insurance Case Study

Breach of professional boundaries

3/16/2023

ADAQ Staff

In NSW, a practitioner commenced a short term sexual relationship with a patient. The relationship was active during and beyond the course of the dental treatment. The patient subsequently made a complaint to the Health Care Complaints Commission.

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Insurance Case Study

HCCC v Coutinho [2020] NSWCATOD 33

3/16/2022

ADAQ Staff

The Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NSW) (Tribunal) delivered a disciplinary order to suspend a dental practitioner’s registration after the practitioner failed to report two criminal findings that it was subject to, to the National Board.

/images/Insurance/COVID-19%20Virus.jpg Dental Board of Australia v Nairn [2022] Wasat 86

Insurance Case Study

Dental Board of Australia v Nairn [2022] Wasat 86

3/16/2022

ADAQ Staff

The State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia (Tribunal) delivered a disciplinary order to suspend a dental practitioner’s registration after finding that she had made a conscious choice to disregard health orders.