Australian speech pathologists: your client is receiving an unsafe treatment from an unregistered health practitioner. What should you do?
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Australian speech pathologists: your client is receiving an unsafe treatment from an unregistered health practitioner. What should you do?

ByDavid Kinnane

Here’s the scenario: you find out a client is receiving an unconventional and risky treatment from an unregistered health practitioner and you’re worried that the treatment is harming your client. What should you do? 1. First some background (a) In Australia, speech pathologists are not  “registered health practitioners”  Speech pathologists are unregistered health practitioners. This…

Building an SLP private practice compliance system
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Building an SLP private practice compliance system

ByDavid Kinnane

Important disclaimer: The information in this article is for general information purposes only and is not legal advice. It cannot be relied on by any person for any purpose. If this article raises any issues for your practice, you should seek independent legal advice based on the facts and circumstances of your situation. The application of…

Attention: overworked and time-poor speech pathologists in private practice!
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Attention: overworked and time-poor speech pathologists in private practice!

ByDavid Kinnane

Do legal and compliance issues stress you out? Do you struggle to understand all your legal, compliance and ethical obligations, and to keep on top of changes? Join us on Twitter all this week as David Kinnane curates a #WeSpeechies discussion about legal and compliance issues for speech pathologists in private practice: Legal and compliance challenges…

Australian speech pathologists and new graduates: ethical alternatives to dodgy independent contracting arrangements
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Australian speech pathologists and new graduates: ethical alternatives to dodgy independent contracting arrangements

ByDavid Kinnane

For private speech pathologists hiring new graduates, independent contracting arrangements are arguably unethical and undeniably risky. But, sometimes, hiring new graduates as full-time employees isn’t feasible. Maybe workflows are too uneven or insufficient to warrant a full-time hire. And, often, new graduates want flexible arrangements, e.g. to work for a couple of different speech pathologists…

Australian speech pathologists: is it ethical to hire juniors as independent contractors?
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Australian speech pathologists: is it ethical to hire juniors as independent contractors?

ByDavid Kinnane

For speech pathologists in private practice, hiring independent contractors seems cheaper and more flexible than hiring employees, e.g. if your practice has unpredictable workflows or seasonal “slow” and “busy” periods. But there are a raft of ethical, client and commercial reasons why it may make more sense to grow your practice with employees. There are…

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