GP fined $15,000 for lying about criminal past

He failed to alert AHPRA to his conviction for domestic violence while working in the US

A GP has been fined $15,000 after failing to notify AHPRA he had been jailed in the US for domestic violence.

The Queensland-based doctor had been working as a physician in the state of Massachusetts for five years when he pleaded guilty to domestic assault and battery in 2013.