Gold Coast woman charged after allegedly issue 600 false Covid-19 exemptions
Police have charged a Gold Coast woman for allegedly pretending to be a doctor and issuing hundreds of false Covid-19 medical exemptions.
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A Gold Coast woman has been charged for allegedly pretending to a doctor and issuing approximately 600 false medical ‘exemption certificates’ in relation to Covid-19.
The fake medical ‘exemption certificates’ stated a person was exempt from undergoing Covid testing, receiving a vaccine and wearing a mask.
On Wednesday morning, investigators from Task Force Sierra Linnet, in conjunction with Gold Coast Detectives, executed a search warrant at an address on Robert St, Labrador, where a woman was arrested.
A 45-year-old Darling Heights woman has been charged under Health Practitioner Regulation National Law with five counts of taking a title indicating a person is a health practitioner.
She is the first person in Queensland to be charged with this offence.
The woman is scheduled to appear at the Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday October 28.
Investigations are continuing.
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