Ahpra has announced that a woman who falsely claimed to be a psychologist in a criminal trial before the ACT Supreme Court has been convicted and fined $2000 following a successful prosecution by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. (Link to Ahpra page).
The woman (who worked as a counsellor) prepared a psychological report for a sentencing hearing, gave verbal evidence in the case and falsely claimed to be a psychologist.
The woman pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court on 1 July this year to one count of holding herself out as a registered health practitioner.
This was Ahpra’s first criminal prosecution in the ACT.
See DPP v Sarimento [2023] ACTSC 92 (Link to decision).
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