It is important that you have clear policies to provide clarity on the operational issues for your practice.

A policy provides guidance to employees, clearly outlining how to behave and what is expected. They should be regularly communicated and readily available to your employees. Policies can be developed for a number of different areas – leave, privacy, social media, health and safety, discrimination and bullying, telephone and internet use.

Privacy Policy

From time to time you will be required to collect, use and disclose personal information relating to your patients, suppliers and/or employees in your day-to-day activities. It is important to set guidelines to both yourself and your employees in relation to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of this personal information in order to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”) and the National Privacy Principles (“NPP”).

To assist you, please use the template provided below to develop and implement your privacy policy in practice.

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