Psychology Board of Australia Code of Conduct for Psychologists (2025) 8.2: 8.2 Vexatious notifications or malicious claims

Psychologists avoid vexatious notifications and baseless malicious claims and make notifications and claims only out of genuine concern for public safety. Effective practice means the psychologist: (a) raises genuine public safety concerns with the proper authority, locally or with the Board, and meets mandatory reporting duties; and (b) does not make malicious complaints or vexatious notifications about other practitioners, which may be regarded as professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct and lead to regulatory action.