Knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Legislation: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Vic) s 116(1)(c)

Maximum penalty: $30,000 (natural person); $60,000 (body corporate)

Period: 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023

Jurisdiction: Magistrates' Court

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of an offence
On SACStat, a case is a collection of one or more charges sentenced at a hearing

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the Magistrates' Court, 72 charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered were sentenced in the three years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine (84.7% or 61 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In 4 cases sentenced in the Magistrates' Court in the three years to 30 June 2023, each case included at least one charge of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered. Among the 4 cases, 3 people were male and 1 person was female. The most common outcome for cases was a community correction order (50% or 2 cases).

A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.

Figure 1: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 72 charges

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 1 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 3: Community correction order lengths for charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 11 charges

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 3 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 5: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered by financial year

Number: 72 charges

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 5 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 6: Number of charges of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered by financial year

Number: 72 charges

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 6 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9A: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 4 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for all offenders for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 9A in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9B: Sentencing outcomes for males for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 3 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for male offenders for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 9B in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9C: Sentencing outcomes for females for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 1 case

Bar graph showing sentence types for female offenders for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 9C in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9E: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 25 to 54 for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 2 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 25 to 54 for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 9E in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9F: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 55 and over for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 2 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 55 and over for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 9F in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 12: Community correction order lengths for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

Number: 2 cases

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 12 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 13: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered by financial year

Number: 4 cases

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 13 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 14: Number of cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered for all people by financial year

Number: 4 cases

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of knowingly or recklessly claim to be a registered health practitioner while unregistered

See Table 14 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.