South Australian Numbered Acts

CHIROPRACTIC AND OSTEOPATHY PRACTICE ACT 2005 (NO 30 OF 2005) - SECT 27

27—Registration of natural persons as chiropractors or osteopaths

        (1)         Subject to this Act, a natural person is eligible for registration on the register of chiropractors or the register of osteopaths if the person, on application to the Board, satisfies the Board that he or she—

            (a)         has qualifications approved or recognised by the Board for the purposes of registration on that register; and

            (b)         has met the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the purposes of registration on that register; and

            (c)         is medically fit to provide chiropractic or osteopathy of the kind authorised by registration on that register; and

            (d)         is, unless exempted by the Board, insured or indemnified in a manner and to an extent approved by the Board against civil liabilities that might be incurred by the person in connection with the provision of chiropractic or osteopathy as a chiropractor or osteopath or proceedings under Part 4 against the person; and

            (e)         is a fit and proper person to be registered on that register.

        (2)         If a person who applies for registration, or reinstatement of registration, on the register of chiropractors or the register of osteopaths—

            (a)         does not, in the opinion of the Board, have the necessary qualifications or experience required for registration on that register; or

            (b)         is not, in the opinion of the Board, medically fit to provide chiropractic or osteopathy of the kind authorised by registration on that register; or

            (c)         is not, in the opinion of the Board, a fit and proper person to be registered on that register,

the Board may register the person on the register in pursuance of this subsection ("limited registration")—

            (d)         in order to enable the person—

                  (i)         to do whatever is necessary to become eligible for full registration under this Act; or

                  (ii)         to teach or to undertake research or study in this State; or

                  (iii)         in the case of an applicant who has obtained qualifications for the practice of chiropractic or osteopathy under the law of a place outside of Australia—to practise in a part of the State or at a place that the Minister and the Board consider is in urgent need of the services of a chiropractor or osteopath; or

            (e)         if, in its opinion, it would otherwise be in the public interest to do so.

        (3)         In registering a person under subsection (2) the Board may impose 1 or more of the following conditions on the registration:

            (a)         a condition restricting the places or times at which the person may provide chiropractic or osteopathy;

            (b)         a condition limiting the kind of chiropractic or osteopathy that the person may provide;

            (c)         a condition limiting the period during which the registration will have effect;

            (d)         a condition requiring that the person be supervised in the provision of chiropractic or osteopathy by a particular person or by a person of a particular class;

            (e)         such other conditions as the Board thinks fit.