28—Registration of chiropractic and osteopathy students
(1) A person is not
entitled to—
(a)
undertake a course of study that provides qualifications for registration on
the register of chiropractors; or
(b)
provide chiropractic as part of a course of study related to chiropractic
being undertaken by the person in a place outside the State,
unless the person is registered under this section as a chiropractic student.
(2) A person is not
entitled to—
(a)
undertake a course of study that provides qualifications for registration on
the register of osteopaths; or
(b)
provide osteopathy as part of a course of study related to osteopathy being
undertaken by the person in a place outside the State,
unless the person is registered under this section as a osteopathy student.
(3) A person is
eligible for registration as a chiropractic student on the
chiropractic student register, or as an osteopathy student on the osteopathy
student register, if the person, on application to the Board, satisfies the
Board that he or she—
(a)
genuinely requires registration on that register—
(i)
to enable the person to undertake a course of study that
provides qualifications for registration on the register of chiropractors or
register of osteopaths, as the case may be; or
(ii)
to enable the person to provide chiropractic or
osteopathy as part of a course of study related to chiropractic or osteopathy,
as the case may be, being undertaken by the person in a place outside the
State; and
(b) is
medically fit to provide chiropractic or osteopathy of the kind authorised by
registration on the register to which the application relates; and
(c) is a
fit and proper person to be registered on the register to which the
application relates.
(4) If a person who
applies for registration, or reinstatement of registration, on the
chiropractic student register or osteopathy student register is not, in the
opinion of the Board, medically fit to provide chiropractic or osteopathy of
the kind authorised by registration on that register, the Board may register
the person on that register in pursuance of
this subsection ("limited student registration") and impose 1 or more of the
following conditions on the registration:
(a) a
condition limiting the kind of chiropractic or osteopathy that the person may
provide;
(b) a
condition limiting the period during which the registration will have effect;
(c) 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;
(d) such
other conditions as the Board thinks fit.