Individual service provider—reason for practice modification, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 05/10/2016

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 1     Conduct

Unprofessional conduct (s. 5)

Professional conduct that is of a lesser standard than that which might reasonably be expected of the health practitioner by the public or the practitioner’s professional peers. A more extensive definition is available under section 5 of the National Law.

Each profession has a set of standards and guidelines which clarify the acceptable standard of professional conduct. See www.ahpra.gov.au for National Board websites.

CODE 2     Health

Health (Impairment) (s. 5)

Physical or mental impairment, disability, condition or disorder (including substance abuse or dependence), that detrimentally affects or is likely to detrimentally affect a registered health practitioner’s capacity to safely practise the profession or a student’s capacity to undertake clinical training.

CODE 3     Performance

Unsatisfactory professional performance (s. 5)

The knowledge, skill or judgement possessed, or care exercised by, the practitioner in the practice of the health profession in which the practitioner is registered is below the standard reasonably expected for a health practitioner of an equivalent level of training or experience.

Source and reference attributes

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency 2016. Glossary. Viewed 10 June 2016, http://www.ahpra.gov.au/Support/Glossary.aspx.

Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Data element attributes

Source and reference attributes

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes