Reporting a criminal offence

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Do I need to tell the police?

If you're raising a concern about a health practitioner because of violence, sexual assault or serious misconduct (e.g.: fraud), we strongly recommend making a report with the police.

The behaviour you're reporting to Ahpra could also be a criminal law offence which needs to be investigated by the police.

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Criminal offences under the National Law

There are a number of criminal offences which are breaches of the National Law and should be reported to Ahpra.

They are:

unlawful use of a protected title
performing a restricted act
holding out (claims by individuals or organisations as to registration), and
unlawful advertising.

If you suspect that an offence has occurred or you have concerns about a possible offence, please complete our Criminal offences form (below) and submit it along with any additional evidence to offence.complaints@ahpra.gov.au

Criminal offences form (1.13 MB,PDF)

More information can be found on our what's an offence under the National Law page.