Definitions
The Medical Council of NSW has developed a suite of documents to guide Council members, delegates (including committee and panel members), staff, and medical practitioners in NSW.
Corporate governance
Policies
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Conflict of interest policy: States the Council’s position in relation to conflict of interest to protect the integrity of decisions and activities, and outlines the appropriate action to take when such situations occur.
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Corporate policy: Outlines the Council's approach to the development and management of the organisations policy documents.
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Public interest disclosures policy: Provides guidance for staff and Council members on public interest disclosures (formerly known as protected disclosure or whistleblowing) under the Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994.
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Reporting corrupt conduct policy: Assists Principal Officers and others to understand their obligations under the ICAC Act to report suspected corrupt conduct and how to make reports.
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Sponsorship policy: Establishes the framework for any Council sponsorship activities and applies to both providing and receiving sponsorships.
Procedures
- Policy procedure: Provides step by step guidance on the processes and actions required for the development and management of the organisation's policy documents
Conduct
Guideline
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Guidelines for self-treatment and treating family members: These guidelines are under review by the Council and are not available at this time.
Legal information
- Guide to serving legal documents: This guide provides information for parties seeking to serve a subpoena, summons, notice to produce or like documents on a NSW health professional council.
Additional legal information and resources can be found on the Health Professional Council Authority Legal Information page.
Monitoring
Policies
- Compliance policy – practice monitor: This policy sets out the requirements of a practitioner subject to practice monitor conditions. See also position statement practice monitor approval.
- Compliance policy - mentoring: (for mentoring conditions imposed after 1 May 2015. See also Mentor approval position statement below). Sets out the requirements of a practitioner subject to mentor conditions.
- Compliance policy - supervision: (for supervision conditions imposed after 1 February 2015). Refers to categories A, B and C of supervision. See also the Supervisor approval position statement below.
- Imposing practice monitor and exclusion conditions: This policy sets out permissible exclusionary conditions that delegates may impose in relation to the practice monitor and exclusion conditions listed in the Council’s Conditions Handbook.
- Supervision (performance, conduct, health): (for supervision conditions imposed prior to 1 February 2015). Refers to levels one, two and three of supervision.
Guidelines
- Guidelines for mentors: Outlines the role of a mentor and the process for approving a mentor.
- Breach management guidelines: Guidelines for health service providers and other stakeholders in New South Wales explaining how to deal with breaches of registration conditions.
Position statements
- Mentor approval position statement: Sets out the criteria the Council applies when approving a mentor and the Council’s expectations of an approved mentor.
- Position statement - practice monitor approval: Sets out the Council’s expectations of an approved practice monitor and the criteria the Council applies when approving a practice monitor.
- Supervisor approval position statement: Sets out the criteria the Council applies when approving a supervisor and the Council’s expectations of an approved supervisor.
Further policies, forms and fact sheets regarding drug and alcohol screening can be found further down on this page.
Performance
Policies
- Complementary health care: Outlines the requirements for practitioners providing complementary health care.
Position statements
- Providing Performance Review Panel decisions to third parties: Outlines what panellists should consider about health information in Performance Review Panel decisions.
- Doctors in training and performance: Sets out the Council’s view that, in most cases, performance assessment of doctors in training is not appropriate.
Guidelines
- Guideline for medico-legal consultations and examinations: This guideline is endorsed by the NSW Medical Council to avoid misunderstandings between practitioners and examinees during medico-legal consultations and examinations.
- Medical certificates: Provides guidance to medical practitioners on the quality, accuracy and truthfulness of the information to be recorded on medical certificates.
Drug and alcohol
Please note, these policies apply from 4 June 2018.
Drug screening:
- Drug screening policy: This policy outlines how to comply with conditions requiring a medical practitioner or student to undergo urine and hair drug screening and the consequences of non-compliance.
- Participant procedure: Drug screening
Alcohol screening:
- Alcohol screening policy: This policy outlines how to comply with conditions requiring a medical practitioner or student to undergo alcohol screening and the consequences of non-compliance.
- Participant procedure: breath-testing for alcohol
- Supervisor procedure: breath-testing for alcohol
- Participant procedure: EtG screening
- Participant procedure: CDT screening
Forms for screening:
- Collection centre nomination form
- Illness certificate form
- Leave from screening form
- Start breath-testing for alcohol form
- Breath-testing supervisor nomination form
- Breath-testing log
Fact sheets for participants:
Useful links
The policies of the following organisations also impact the work of NSW doctors and the Medical Council:
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