Memo · Health & Medical Law
Memo assessing a mandatory notification obligation under the National Law
Memo template for deciding whether a practitioner, treating practitioner or employer must notify Ahpra about notifiable conduct: who must notify, the four kinds of notifiable conduct, the reasonable belief threshold, exemptions, timing and protections.
- Kind
- Memo. An internal or advice memo.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland
- AI use
- Red Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 17 October 2026 against the 6 authorities it cites, for 4 jurisdictions.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a health practitioner, health service or employer asks whether they must make a mandatory notification about another practitioner or a student. Western Australia's treating practitioner exemption and the NSW and Queensland complaint arrangements need separate attention.
How AI may be used
Lawyer-led. AI may set out the statutory thresholds and organise the facts, but whether a reasonable belief of notifiable conduct exists is a fact-sensitive judgment for the lawyer and the practitioner.
AI may
- Organise the facts provided into a dated summary with sources.
- Lay out the statutory tests and exemptions as a checklist for the lawyer.
- Draft the notification form content only after the lawyer decides to notify, from the lawyer's instructions.
AI must not
- Must not decide whether the reasonable belief threshold is met.
- Must not be given the identity or health information of the practitioner or patients in a tool not approved for sensitive information.
- Must not advise that notification is not required because an exemption applies.
The lawyer checks
- The role of the person who must decide (non-treating practitioner, treating practitioner, employer) is identified.
- Each of the four kinds of notifiable conduct is considered separately.
- Exemptions are checked against the facts, including the WA treating practitioner position.
- If notification is required, it is made as soon as practicable and recorded.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
The full text is for signed-in accounts. It is free. When you sign in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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