Screen a mandatory notification about a health practitioner
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the facts the lawyer marks, record the notifier type the lawyer selects (treating practitioner, non-treating practitioner, employer or education provider) and which of the four concerns on the Ahpra page the facts are said to raise: impairment, intoxication while practising, significant departure from accepted professional standards, or sexual misconduct. Note the page's statements on reasonable belief, on the higher threshold for a treating practitioner, and on exemptions. Do not decide that a notification must be made and do not draft it.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides whether a reasonable belief is held, whether the risk threshold for that notifier type is met, whether an exemption applies, and whether a mandatory notification, a voluntary notification, or neither, is made.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the facts the lawyer marks, record the notifier type the lawyer selects (treating practitioner, non-treating practitioner, employer or education provider) and which of the four concerns on the Ahpra page the facts are said to raise: impairment, intoxication while practising, significant departure from accepted professional standards, or sexual misconduct. Note the page's statements on reasonable belief, on the higher threshold for a treating practitioner, and on exemptions. Do not decide that a notification must be made and do not draft it. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Use only the four concerns named on the Ahpra page. Do not add a fifth.
- Record that a treating practitioner's threshold for impairment, intoxication and departure from standards is a substantial risk of harm, as the page states, and that the lawyer applies it.
- Confirm the note does not treat rumour as a reasonable belief. The page says a notification needs direct knowledge or a report from a reliable source.
- Check the Western Australia treating-practitioner exemption, and the New South Wales and Queensland pathways, before naming the recipient.
Sources
- Ahpra, Making a mandatory notification, including the guidelines published on that page · 2026-10-22
- Ahpra, Reporting concerns in New South Wales or Queensland · 2026-10-22
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.