A "self-proclaimed healer" who treated a Victorian woman's cancer using topical paste has been banned indefinitely from providing health services.
North Warrandyte man Dennis Wayne Jensen has been slapped with a prohibition order by the state's Health Complaints Commissioner over his use of a widely-discredited black salve treatment on an ovarian cancer patient.
Described as a "self-proclaimed healer," Mr Jensen also encouraged the patient to cease evidence-based cancer treatment in favour of black salve, which involves the use of a topical paste essentially burning and destroying skin.
Commissioner Kate Cusack said the man contravened the general code of conduct, which applies to health service providers not under national registration.
"I have serious concerns about the extent to which Mr Jensen is capable of delivering any general health services safely and ethically," the commissioner said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Dangerous and unethical practitioners who prey on the desperation and vulnerability of cancer-sufferers or others suffering terminal illness won't be tolerated."
Mr Jensen was previously subject to an interim prohibition order and the new ban will remain in place until the commissioner decides otherwise.
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