Self-Reporting by Unsafe Drivers Is, with Education, More Effective than Mandatory Reporting by Doctors

Mandatory physician reporting of drivers with medical conditions: legal considerations.

BACKGROUND Physicians are facing ever-increasing legal obligations in all Canadian jurisdictions to report patients believed to be unfit to drive a motor vehicle or pilot an aircraft. In most Canadian jurisdictions these statutory obligations are mandatory; in others, they are discretionary. OBJECTIVES To provide a legal perspective on a physician's duty to report in the various jurisdictions...

Mandatory reporting by physicians of patients potentially unfit to drive

BACKGROUND One strategy for the prevention of motor vehicle crashes is physician reporting of medically unfit drivers to vehicle licensing authorities, as mandated by law in Ontario, Canada. We studied drivers involved in life-threatening crashes who required hospital admission to determine how many had previously been seen and reported by a physician in the community. METHODS We identified c...

Reporting of health practitioners by their treating practitioner under Australia's national mandatory reporting law.

OBJECTIVE To describe the frequency, nature and outcomes of reports about health practitioners made by their treating practitioners under Australia's new mandatory reporting system. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective case file review and analysis of treating practitioner reports received by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency between 1 November 2011 and 31 January 2013, and of ...

Mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation by healthcare professionals.

Mandatory reporting of professional incompetence.

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