37—Restrictions on provision of chiropractic or osteopathy by
unqualified persons
(1) A person must not
provide restricted therapy unless—
(a) the
person is a qualified person; or
(b) the
person provides that therapy through the instrumentality of a
qualified person.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not apply in relation to restricted therapy provided by an unqualified
person in prescribed circumstances or pursuant to an exemption under
subsection (3).
(3) The Governor may,
by proclamation, exempt a person from subsection (1) if of the opinion
that good reason exists for doing so in the particular circumstances of the
case.
(4) An exemption under
subsection (3) may be subject to such conditions as the Governor thinks
fit and specifies in the proclamation.
(5) A person who
contravenes, or fails to comply with, a condition of an exemption under this
section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
(6) The Governor may,
by proclamation, vary or revoke a proclamation under this section.
(7) In this
section—
"qualified person", in relation to restricted therapy, means a person
authorised by or under this Act or any other Act to provide such therapy.