/Orders against health practitioners/Laura Latina

Laura Latina

08 Dec. 2023


  1. The practitioner must not be physically present with a patient during childbirth, including during a patient’s labour and/or when they are giving birth.
  2. The practitioner must ensure that any advertising of the health practitioner’s provision of health services, including on third party websites, includes a statement advising the public of restriction 1 – that is, that the Health Ombudsman has placed a restriction on the practitioner’s provision of health services requiring that the practitioner must not be physically present with a patient during childbirth, including during a patient’s labour and/or when they are giving birth.
  3. Unless practising as a self-employed health practitioner, the practitioner must practise only in employment and at practice locations approved by the Health Ombudsman and published on the Office of the Health Ombudsman website.
  4. The practitioner must maintain an approved patient log using a template provided by the Office of the Health Ombudsman, as amended from time to time, detailing every contact with each and every patient, either:
    a. at the time a patient makes an enquiry or books an appointment with the practitioner at
    the approved practice location, or via a communication device; and/or
    b. at the time of presenting to the approved practice location to book or attend an
    appointment with the practitioner.
  5. The approved patient log must be completed by the practitioner at the end of every contact with a patient and be submitted to the Office of the Health Ombudsman within five (5) business days of the end of every calendar month, unless determined otherwise by the Health
    Ombudsman.

The practitioner does not currently have Health Ombudsman approval to practise in any employment or practice location.