Abstract
Traditional or complementary health care services have a growing and significant role in both developed and developing countries. In the United Kingdom there was new legislation to regulate the chiropractic and osteopathy professions in 1993 and 1994. This was supported by the British Medical Association. There is now legislation regulating chiropractic practice in many jurisdictions. In general chiropractic is regulated as a separate discipline, although chiropractic and osteopathy are jointly regulated in some Australian states and South Africa. Regulatory bodies generally have chiropractic and lay representation, and sometimes medical representation.
In Canada and the United States there is an emphasis on a defined scope of practice. In the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong there is no definition of scope of practice and an emphasis on protection of title. This paper reviews the different approaches to regulation of the chiropractic profession. Subjects discussed include the composition of regulatory boards, scope of practice including access to diagnostic services, educational requirements and protection of title.
Keywords: chiropractic, manipulative, legislative, regulation
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