Unlicensed Surgeon Behind Fatal Botched Boob Job Jie Shao Gets Permanent Ban

Jie Shao, an unlicensed doctor convicted of manslaughter following the death of a patient in a botched breast augmentation procedure last year, has been permanently banned from providing health services due to concerns over public health and safety.

Chinese national Jie Shao was found guilty of manslaughter last year after causing the death of Sydney beauty clinic manager Jean Huang. 

Huang, who was also a part-owner and manager at Medi Beauty Clinic in Chippendale, tragically passed away in August 2017 following a procedure in which Shao injected hyaluronic acid into her breasts as filler. 

During the procedure, Ms Huang suffered severe complications, convulsing and foaming at the mouth before going into cardiac arrest. Despite efforts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced brain dead. 

At the court hearing in July last year, Judge Timothy Gartelmann sentenced Shao to six years and nine months in jail, with a three-year, six-month non-parole period.

Judge Gartelmann determined that the evidence presented at trial revealed the defendant was unaware of the correct dosage of lidocaine to administer to a patient. The judge also found that Shao had failed to recognise the signs of an overdose on the local anaesthetic.

“The offender did not calculate the safe dosage for the deceased … any reasonable person in the circumstances would have realised this is dangerous,” Gartelmann said at the time, as reported by Guardian Australia.

Shao had pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of recklessly administering a poison endangering life, a plea that Judge Gartelmann acknowledged as showing some level of responsibility for the death.

“She did not intend to kill the deceased or cause her really serious harm, it would be a case of murder if she had,” he said. “But she was at least reckless as to causing injury to the deceased.”

HCCC Issues Permanent Ban to Jie Shao

On Thursday, The Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) issued a Permanent Prohibition Order against the non-registered health practitioner, following her involvement in providing cosmetic injections that led to the death of a client. 

Under Section 41A(2) of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993, Ms Jie Shao is permanently prohibited from providing any health services to members of the public, either in paid or voluntary roles. Health services are defined in Section 4 of ‘the Act’. 

The Commission determined that Shao’s conduct poses a “risk to public health and safety and that protective orders are required in order to protect the public.”

This Permanent Prohibition is now in effect. 

Shao will be eligible for release in December 2026, having already served 268 days in pre-sentence custody, including time in immigration detention.