Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria

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The Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria is a statutory authority that regulates the medical profession in the Australian state of Victoria.[1] The operations of the Board are governed under the Medical Practice Act 1994.

The Board's duties include to register doctors, investigates complaints about doctors[2], monitoring the health of doctors who are ill and may be unfit to practise medicine, the development of guidelines for the profession, and on occasion special reports for the Victorian Minister for Health.[3]

In April 2007 The Board was drafting guidelines aimed at stopping doctors exaggerating their expertise and also banning "before" and "after" photos in advertising to regulate the cosmetic surgery industry. [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official Website Accessed April 29, 2007
  2. ^ Sex Case Doctor granted Reprieve The Australian, April 11, 2007. Accessed April 29, 2007
  3. ^ Report on late term terminations of pregnancy April 1998. Accessed April 29, 2007
  4. ^ Ban cowboys, say plastic surgeons Sunday Star Times, Sunday, 1 April 2007. Accessed April 29, 2007
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