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HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 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.



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