The Australian Medical Association keeps up the hope from a few Tasmanian clinics to pursue the practices of a number of interstate, which tends to charge fees in the form of penalty from patients that fail to turn up on their scheduled treatment.

News regarding clinics in Victoria that had started charging around $50 for late appointments was seen to have raised hackles of patients and consumer groups, who placed accusations on docs, who usually would keep patients waiting for their turn for quite a number of hours, stating them to play a game of double standards.

AMA State President, Michael Aizen said that the decision in regards to the introduction of this kind of system would be made independently by each of Tasmania's 165 general-practice clinics.

Dr. Aizen said that he very well understood the kind of pressure that mounts up on doctors, when patients do not reach on time as per their schedule, which, in turn, is bound to make the doctors frustrated.

In addition to that, he said that he was not aware much about the practices or which particular clinics had been following it and more so, it remains an independent internal business decision to be taken by various clinics on their own level.