Fake psychologist fined $8500 after treating patients
AHPRA has urged employers to check both registration status and identity when hiring.
A woman posing as a psychologist who “treated” vulnerable patients and children at a clinic in Queensland has been fined $8500.
When concerns were raised about her qualifications, the she was asked to prove she was a registered psychologist, at which point authorities discovered the registration number she had provided belonged to an unrelated practitioner.
She was charged by AHPRA with three counts of claiming to be registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
She pleaded guilty and was fined $8500 at Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Thursday – although no convictions were recorded.
