UH...
Most people don't realise there is no legal requirement to have a FRACS to operate (Degree from the College of Surgeons). Anyone can do it - and there are some people not trained as surgeons, or even doctors who operate in this country.

Wait. WHAT?
( HairyCanary as Ann B. Davis as Alice, Sun 14 Mar 2010, 2:41, 1 reply)

Yes,
that's right. You don't NEED surgical qulifications to operate.
There is no law against starting up a surgical practice (and there are two individuals I know of who do it) without an MB,BS. Unfortunately, their fuck-ups end up being referred to "proper surgeons" to fix.
Oh - and you can't receive a Medicare rebate if the guy who does the operation cannot charge Medicare in the first place. So, thousands of dollars for an operation that would cost nothing in public-land.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Sun 14 Mar 2010, 2:51, closed)