Fill in the Blanks Peer Professional OpinionOnline version How would peer professional opinion be established by Jacqui Jane 1 legislation additional standard Departmental 'competent professional Academic practice' determining professional evidence clinical procedural record 'widely common requisite 'peer accepted' professional opinion' medical Notwithstanding the minor differences in the respective state and territory , the approach to determining the professional standard in any particular situation requires of a that is by as being . The major sources of evidence that assist the courts in standards of practice in a particular clinical situation are : - Professional practice standards and guidelines ; - Legislative obligations ; - guidelines and / or employers' policy and directives ; - texts and publications ; - The patient's