New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 10AC

10AC Spinal manipulation

(1) A person must not engage in spinal manipulation in the course of providing a health service unless the person:

(a) is a registered chiropractor, or a chiropractic student acting under the appropriate supervision of a registered chiropractor, or

(b) is a registered medical practitioner, or a medical student acting under the appropriate supervision of a registered medical practitioner, or

(c) is a registered osteopath, or an osteopathy student acting under the appropriate supervision of a registered osteopath, or

(d) is a registered physiotherapist, or a physiotherapy student acting under the appropriate supervision of a registered physiotherapist.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) For the purposes of this Division, spinal manipulation is a restricted health service.

(3) An authorised person or inspector appointed under any of the following Acts is authorised to ascertain whether this section is being complied with:

(a) Chiropractors Act 2001 ,

(b) Medical Practice Act 1992 ,

(c) Osteopaths Act 2001 ,

(d) Physiotherapists Act 2001 .

(4) In this section:
"spinal manipulation" means the rapid application of a force (whether by manual or mechanical means) to any part of a person’s body that affects a joint or segment of the vertebral column.