Australian Medical Association

The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is developing a national code of professional conduct for doctors entitled Good Medical Practice: A Code of Conduct for Doctors in Australia (previously entitled Good Medical Practice: A Draft Code of Professional Conduct). The Code is intended to supersede existing State and Territory medical board professional conduct codes. The AMC intends to recommend that it be adopted by the new national medical board.

The AMA has provided submissions on the AMC's public consultation drafts of the code. The AMA firmly believes that our regulatory system, including codes of professional conduct, must reflect the values and standards of the profession and supports doctor in fulfilling their duties to patients. Throughout the development of the Code, the AMA has strongly advocated that a code of conduct should:

• guide doctors in their relationships with patients and in their roles as patient advocates; 
• support doctors’ professional judgment and clinical independence; 
• respond to individual patient circumstances and diverse work settings; and 
• respect doctors and the wider medical profession.

Safe Hours Code

This Code has been developed to allow for self-regulation by corporate service entities - large and small - that provide services to medical practitioners. This Code clarifies the parameters within which corporate service entities, and the medical practitioners that work with them, agree to operate.

Corporate Code of Conduct This is a brochure containing information for Doctors