Misuse of ‘surgeon’ title punishable with $60,000 fines under draft laws
Cosmetic ‘surgeons’ who are not registered as surgeons, ophthalmologists or obstetricians will face potential prison terms of up to three years, and fines of up…
Tag: Cosmetic surgery
Mandatory referrals for cosmetic surgery a ‘medicolegal can of worms’ for GPs
The RACGP is worried more GPs will be dragged into negligence cases due to new Medical Board of Australia guidelines that patients must have a…
GP referral required for cosmetic surgery under latest AHPRA reforms
Patients wanting cosmetic surgery will need a GP referral from 1 July, under new guidelines designed to reduce the risk of exploitation by practitioners. AHPRA…
Patients in $2.7m negligence case ‘won’t see a cent’ due to indemnity loophole, says lawyer
Five women who successfully sued a cosmetic doctor for negligence are unlikely to see a cent in compensation due to an indemnity loophole, their lawyer…
Reckless: Surgeons warn health ministers that cosmetic cowboy reforms will fail
Surgeons say an endorsement model for accrediting cosmetic surgeons will fail to stop unscrupulous doctors from operating on patients. Health ministers last month agreed to…
Crackdown on surgeon title doesn’t go far enough: AMA
The plan to restrict use of the title ‘surgeon’ to just three medical specialties should extend to a crackdown on podiatric surgeons, the AMA says. Late last year, state…
‘Surgeon’ title to be restricted to just three specialties, health ministers declare
Only doctors with specialist registration in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology or ophthalmology will be allowed to refer to themselves as surgeons under reforms agreed upon…
Doctors begin alerting AHPRA about dodgy cosmetic surgeons despite legal threats
Doctors have started alerting regulators about dodgy cosmetic surgeons in response to a medical board call to action — despite threats by the surgeons involved,…
Cosmetic surgery should require a GP referral, suggests medical board
All patients going for cosmetic surgery would require a GP referral under proposed new guidelines from the Medical Board of Australia, which aim to protect…
Dr Shahab Mahboubian: The surgeon who makes patients 15cm taller to improve their love lives
An orthopaedic surgeon says he has been performing dozens of cosmetic leg lengthening procedures on men who feel their short stature has left them unlucky…
