123Restriction on spinal manipulation

123 Restriction on spinal manipulation

123 Restriction on spinal manipulation

(1) A person must not perform manipulation of the cervical spine unless the person—

(a) is registered in an appropriate health profession; or

(b) is a student who performs manipulation of the cervical spine in the course of activities undertaken as part of—

(i) an approved program of study in an appropriate health profession; or

(ii) clinical training in an appropriate health profession; or

(c) is a person, or a member of a class of persons, prescribed under a regulation as being authorised to perform manipulation of the cervical spine.

Maximum penalty—$60,000 or 3 years imprisonment or both.

(2) In this section—

appropriate health profession means any of the following health professions—

(a) chiropractic;

(b) osteopathy;

(c) medical;

(d) physiotherapy.

manipulation of the cervical spine means moving the joints of the cervical spine beyond a person’s usual physiological range of motion using a high velocity, low amplitude thrust.

s 123: Am 2019 No 3, sec 16.