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 Australia
n state of Victoria
. The operations of the Board are governed by the Health Professions Registration Act 2005, which also governs authorities for other health professions in Victoria. This Act replaced the Medical Practice Act 1994, which governed the Board until 1 July 2007.
The Board's duties include registering doctors, investigating complaints about doctors, 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 producing special reports for the Victorian Minister for Health.
In April 2007 the Board drafted guidelines aimed at stopping doctors exaggerating their expertise and also banning "before" and "after" photos in advertising to regulate the cosmetic surgery
industry.
Following the announcement of the Council of Australian Governments
on 26 March 2008, the MPBV will be assimilated into a new body as part of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for all medical professions in Australia. This is scheduled to occur by 1 July 2010.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. The operations of the Board are governed by the Health Professions Registration Act 2005, which also governs authorities for other health professions in Victoria. This Act replaced the Medical Practice Act 1994, which governed the Board until 1 July 2007.
The Board's duties include registering doctors, investigating complaints about doctors, 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 producing special reports for the Victorian Minister for Health.
In April 2007 the Board drafted guidelines aimed at stopping doctors exaggerating their expertise and also banning "before" and "after" photos in advertising to regulate the cosmetic surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
industry.
Following the announcement of the Council of Australian Governments
Council of Australian Governments
The Council of Australian Governments is an organisation consisting of the federal government, the governments of the six states and two mainland territories and the Australian Local Government Association. It was established in May 1992 after agreement by the then Prime Minister, Premiers and...
on 26 March 2008, the MPBV will be assimilated into a new body as part of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for all medical professions in Australia. This is scheduled to occur by 1 July 2010.