The Chiropractic Board of Australia has developed codes and guidelines to provide guidance to the profession. These also help to clarify our views and expectations on a range of issues.
Guidelines are approved by the National Board and may be used as evidence of what constitutes appropriate professional conduct or practice for chiropractors in proceedings under the National Law or a law of a co-regulatory jurisdiction against a health practitioner.
Explore our website to view policies, codes, guidelines and position statements. For additional information on the Chiropractic Board of Australia’s guidelines on advertising please read the Statement on advertising.
Policies
| Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
| Common Protocol - Informing notifiers about the reasons for National Board decisions |
PDF (91.8KB) |
Word version
(58.6 KB,DOCX) |
1 August 2018 |
Codes and guidelines
† The Supervised practice framework was updated in April 2023 to reflect the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia adopting the framework from 1 April 2023.
Position statements
For more information, please see Position Statements.
Policy directions
Under Section 11 of the National Law, as in force in each state and territory, the Ministerial Council may issue a National Board with policy directions.
| Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
Policy Direction 2019-01 - Paramountcy of public protection when administering the National Scheme
Policy Direction 2019-02 - Requirements to consult with patient safety bodies and health care consumer bodies on every new and revised registration standard, code and guidelines |
PDF
(2.34MB) |
|
8 January 2020 |
Additional information
| Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
| Summary of research to inform registration standards review |
PDF (117 KB) |
Word version
(30.1 KB,DOCX) |
23 October 2019 |
FAQ and Fact Sheets
For more information, please see FAQ and Fact Sheets.
Retired Board codes and guidelines
From time to time, the Chiropractic Board of Australia reviews and updates the codes and guidelines it developments to provide guidance to the profession.
The retired codes and guidelines have not been removed from the Board’s website because complaints or concerns made about chiropractors during the time the Board guidance was in effect may still be subject to the notification process.
| Document |
PDF |
Date of effect |
| Retired version: Code of conduct for chiropractors |
PDF
(180 KB) |
17 March 2014 to 28 June 2022 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for the supervision of chiropractors |
PDF (507 KB) |
From 21 February 2013 to 31 January 2022 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for advertising regulated health services |
PDF (155 KB) |
To 13 December 2020 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications |
PDF (149 KB) |
To 29 February 2020 |
| Retired version: Guidelines on continuing professional development (CPD) |
PDF (464 KB) |
1 December 2015 to 30 November 2019 |
| Retired version: Guidelines on continuing professional development (CPD) |
PDF (273 KB) |
From 30 June 2010 to 30 November 2015 |
| Retired version: Code of conduct for chiropractors |
PDF (518 KB) |
To 16 March 2014 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications |
PDF (415 KB) |
To 16 March 2014 |
| Retired version: Guidelines for the advertising of regulated health services |
PDF (453 KB) |
To 16 March 2014 |
*The Guidelines: Mandatory notifications about registered health practitioners have been updated on 29 June 2020 to include minor formatting and word changes and changes to the flowcharts on pages 20, 22 and 26 of the guidelines.
**The Guidelines: Mandatory notifications about registered students have been updated on 29 June 2020 to include minor formatting and word changes and sections 39 and 40 of the National Law in Appendix A.
