The Health Ombudsman issued an interim prohibition order imposing restrictions on the provision of health services provided by Alvaro Navarro, effective 24 July 2025.

Scope of Practice

The restrictions imposed include the requirements the practitioner:

• must not practise in any role requiring in-person patient contact (including supervision of other practitioners engaged in in-person patient contact). The practitioner may only use their professional knowledge to practise in management, administration, education, research, advisory, regulatory or policy development roles that do not require in-person patient contact.
  
  For the purpose of this restriction, a ‘patient’ is defined as any individual awaiting, requiring, or receiving the professional services of an unregistered or registered health practitioner.
  
  
• must only practise as a health practitioner in employment and at practice locations approved by the Health Ombudsman and published on the Office of the Health Ombudsman website.

Approved employment and practice locations

The Health Ombudsman has approved the practitioner’s employment as an Asset Protection Officer at the following practice location:

• Princess Alexandra Hospital, 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba Qld 4102

Period of action or order

In accordance with section 73(2) of the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 (the Act), the order continues to have effect until the earliest of the following happens –

• the order ends under section 90H of the Act;
• QCAT sets aside the decision to issue the order on application by the practitioner for a review of the decision;
• the Health Ombudsman revokes the order under section 76 of the Act.