New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 123

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.