Public statements and warnings

There are times when Ahpra and the National Boards need a way of warning the general public about a serious risk from an individual – either a registered health practitioner or a person who does not hold registration but is providing a health service. If we are unable to manage that risk using other regulatory tools, we may decide to issue a public statement. 

This means we will publish the name of the practitioner on our website and give warnings or information to inform the public including about what action they should take. 

The threshold for issuing a public statement is set at a high level in the National Law. The decision to issue a public statement may only be made when Ahpra or the National Board forms a reasonable belief that the practitioner or person poses a serious risk and it is necessary to protect public health or safety. 

Examples of this are a person who continues to practise despite their registration being suspended, situations where patients may have been misdiagnosed or exposed to blood borne viruses or in the case of an unregistered practitioner, alerting the public to a ‘fake’ dentist. 

Issuing a public statement means we can warn the public while we continue to take steps to assess and investigate a matter that could raise a serious risk to the public.  

For more information about public statements, read the FAQs.

Details of any public statement warnings are listed on this page.

16 June 2025

Public statement – Peter Terzi (also known as Peter Taylor) – unregistered practitioner

Public statement made pursuant to section 159Q of the National Law

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation National Agency (Ahpra) is investigating the conduct of Peter Terzi, also known as Peter Taylor.

Peter Terzi/Taylor:

• is not currently registered as a health practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (National Law);
• has been, and remains at the date of this statement, suspended from practising as a dentist or a nurse since 26 February 2025.

Peter Terzi/Taylor may be continuing to present himself as a registered dentist or nurse whilst unregistered.

Ahpra believes that Peter Terzi/Taylor poses a serious risk to persons because of this conduct and that it is necessary to issue this public statement to protect public health or safety.

Ahpra warns anyone employing staff who require registration under the National Law to take all reasonable steps to verify the identity of applicants and health practitioner staff, as well as confirming their registration status on the public Register of Practitioners.

Anyone who suspects that they may have, at any time since 26 February 2025:

• Received treatment from Peter Terzi/Taylor;
• employed Peter Terzi/Taylor as a dentist or nurse; or
• information that Peter Terzi/Taylor has claimed to be a nurse or dentist,

is encouraged contact Ahpra’s Criminal Offences Unit on 07 3149 4771 or at criminal.offences@ahpra.gov.au.

Section 237 of the National Law applies to a person who, in good faith, gives information to Ahpra in the course of an investigation. It states that such a person is not liable, civilly (including for defamation), criminally or under an administrative process, for the giving of that information.