Michael Sylvester Dempsey employed 11 people, none of whom had formal qualifications, who treated 80 elderly people for pain relief
A Tasmanian court has fined a physiotherapist $120,000 – the largest fine ever recorded against an individual under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act – after he employed unqualified people to treat aged care residents with pain issues.
Michael Sylvester Dempsey employed 11 people as physiotherapists and occupational therapists through his company Libero Health Care Pty Ltd, none of whom held formal qualifications. Instead, his staff had backgrounds in professions including transport and hospitality, and they went on to treat about 80 elderly people for pain relief across several aged care facilities in Tasmania.
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