Options for regulation of unregistered health practitioners Decision Regulation Impact Statement

The following table summarises the number of investigation finalised in the past five years. In 2009–10, there were six investigation against unregistered health practitioners finalised (2.2% of all investigations)

Description		2005–06		2006–07		2007–08		2008–09		2009–10
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Health organisations	Public hospital	65	70.7%	63	68.5%	63	75.0%	46	75.4%	30	85.7%
	Private hospital	10	10.9%	7	7.6%	6	7.1%	4	6.6%	2	5.7%
	Area health service	1	1.1%	–	0.0%	3	3.6%	3	4.9%	2	5.7%
	Aged care facility	5	5.4%	8	8.7%	4	4.8%	2	3.3%	1	2.9%
	Pathology centre/lab	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	1.2%	2	3.3%	–	0.0%
	Dental facility	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	1.6%	–	0.0%
	Drug and alcohol service	2	2.2%	2	2.2%	–	0.0%	1	1.6%	–	0.0%
	Medical centre	4	4.3%	1	1.1%	1	1.2%	1	1.6%	–	0.0%
	Radiology practice	1	1.1%	1	1.1%	1	1.2%	1	1.6%	–	0.0%
	Ambulance service	1	1.1%	2	2.2%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Other/unknown	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	2	2.4%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Community health service	1	1.1%	2	2.2%	1	1.2%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Correction and detention facility	2	2.2%	–	0.0%	2	2.4%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Supported accommodation services	–	0.0%	1	1.1%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Medical practice	–	0.0%	5	5.4%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Health organisation total	92	100.0%	92	100.0%	84	100.0%	61	100.0%	35	100.0%
Health practitioners	Medical practitioner	191	55.2%	175	60.6%	150	59.1%	112	56.0%	149	62.9%
	Nurse/midwife	113	32.7%	68	23.5%	75	29.5%	69	34.5%	53	22.4%
	Pharmacist	2	0.6%	2	0.7%	2	0.8%	–	0.0%	12	5.1%
	Chiropractor	3	0.9%	3	1.0%	3	1.2%	1	0.5%	6	2.5%
	Dentist	2	0.6%	11	3.8%	2	0.8%	1	0.5%	3	1.3%
	Physiotherapist	2	0.6%	2	0.7%	2	0.8%	1	0.5%	3	1.3%
	Psychologist	9	2.6%	17	5.9%	9	3.5%	6	3.0%	3	1.3%
	Dental technician and prosthetist	1	0.3%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	2	0.8%
	Administration/clerical staff	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	0.4%
	Alternative health provider	17	4.9%	–	0.0%	6	2.4%	1	0.5%	1	0.4%
	Massage therapist	n/a	0.0%	n/a	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	0.5%	1	0.4%
	Natural therapist	–	0.0%	2	0.7%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	0.4%
	Psychotherapist	–	0.0%	1	0.3%	–	0.0%	1	0.5%	1	0.4%
	Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner	–	0.0%	7	2.4%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	0.4%
	Acupuncturist	1	0.3%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Ambulance personnel	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	2	0.8%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Assistant in nursing	1	0.3%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Homeopath	n/a	0.0%	n/a	0.0%	n/a	0.0%	1	0.5%	–	0.0%
	Naturopath	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	2	0.8%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Optometrist	1	0.3%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	0.5%	–	0.0%
	Osteopath	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	1	0.5%	–	0.0%
	Podiatrist	2	0.6%	–	0.0%	1	0.4%	2	1.0%	–	0.0%
	Radiographer	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	2	1.0%	–	0.0%
	Social worker	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%	–	0.0%
	Health practitioner total	346	100.0%	289	100.0%	254	100.0%	200	100.0%	237	100.0%
	Grand total	438	100.0%	381	100.0%	338	100.0%	261	100.0%	272	100.0%