Meridian Lawyers has collaborated with PDL to prepare an article about professional boundaries and the types of conduct that are likely to be the subject of complaint to regulators.
The article references Ahpra’s 2022/23 annual report, which revealed 841 notifications involving possible failures to maintain appropriate professional boundaries. At the lower end of the spectrum, these behaviours can include comments made by practitioners to patients and colleagues that are contrary to their Board’s Code of Conduct. More serious cases involve inappropriate sexual relationships …
