Vikas Thakur / / 8 min readThe Medical Board of Australia's cosmetic surgery advertising guideline took effect on 1 July 2023. AHPRA and 15 National Boards did not publish an equivalent rulebook for cosmetic injectables until 2 September 2025, a 26-month gap. A clinic advertising both procedure types has to satisfy two separate documents at once.
Vikas Thakur / / 8 min readSince 20 September 2023, only medical practitioners with specialist registration in surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, or ophthalmology can legally call themselves a "surgeon" in Australia. Misuse is a criminal offence carrying a maximum fine of $60,000 or three years' imprisonment, and it reaches every page of a clinic's website.
Vikas Thakur / / 9 min readThe Medical Board of Australia approved its cosmetic surgery endorsement framework back in 2023. As of the Board's most recently reviewed pages, no training program has been accredited and no doctor has been granted the endorsement, so the credential exists in law with no living examples yet.