Exactly this^. Just had a conversation with a close friend about this myself.

Gave her the example of: Recently my coworker found out and pulled me into the loop that a well-known professor of our local university and who is an outpatient therapist had a complaint against him by our state's licensing board. We went sleuthing (public information, you can typically find these hearings). We found out he had a complaint brought forward for literally the most egregious act within the profession - having sex with a client. After reading through the licensing investigation and hearing, he was put on probation for 3 years, required to have a supervisor again, and required follow-up hearings set every 3 months. He apparently had much attitude within the hearings and would even skip them stating he was "busy". Dude is still on probation, still has his license, still works in his outpatient place of employment where the sexual abuse (that's what it is when a therapist has sex with a client due to the power differential) occurred, but thankfully for fired from the University.

People need to know they can report malpractice. And they should.

Reporting very likely will not destroy someone's career unless they commit several of the same egregious acts. At which point, they shouldn't be in any "helping" profession.