Medical board wrongly used registration renewal to impose conditions on doctor, tribunal finds

The cosmetic doctor applied to move from non-practising to general registration while five patient complaints were being investigated.

A doctor has won a two-year battle to practise again after a tribunal found that the Medical Board of Australia wrongly attempted to impose conditions on him without a hearing when he renewed his registration.

The cosmetic doctor applied for non-practising registration in August 2022 because he planned to move overseas; at the time, he was subject to five patient complaints.