(1)  A person may be registered as a chiropractor and as an osteopath at the same time if the person is eligible and entitled to be registered for each of those professions.

(2)  The following provisions apply to dual registrations and applications for dual registrations:

(a) if a person who is registered either as a chiropractor or as an osteopath applies to be registered also as the other, then an application fee is payable under section 20(1)(c) ;

(b) a person who applies to be registered as a chiropractor and as an osteopath may do so by the same application but, in such a case, 2 application fees are payable under section 20(1)(c) ;

(c) an application of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) is to be regarded as 2 separate applications by the Registrar, the Board and the Supreme Court;

(d) if a person is granted dual interim registration or dual registration, a separate interim certificate of registration or a separate certificate of registration is to be issued to that person for each registration;

(e) the fact that a person is granted interim registration or registration in respect of one profession does not impose an obligation on the Registrar or the Board to grant that person interim registration or registration for the other profession;

(f) conditions imposed on a person's interim registration or registration in respect of one profession may be the same as, or different to, the conditions, if any, imposed in respect of the person's interim registration or registration in respect of the other profession;

(g) a person who is registered as a chiropractor and as an osteopath is required to pay only one registration fee and, if applicable, one late fee, under section 35 in respect of both registrations;

(h) if the name of a person who is registered as a chiropractor and as an osteopath is removed from one register, the Board must immediately remove the person's name from the other register unless –

(i) the person requested the removal; or

(ii) the person is, by reliance on section 35(8) , allowing one registration to lapse but retaining the other;

(i) if a person is registered as a chiropractor and as an osteopath and one of those registrations is suspended for any reason, the other registration is automatically suspended;

(j) if the suspension of a person's registration referred to in paragraph (i) is revoked, the automatic suspension of the other registration is automatically revoked;

(k) if a person's name is restored to a register under section 38 and the person formerly held dual registration, the Board must immediately restore the name to the other register unless the person has previously notified the Board that he or she does not wish to have the dual registration restored;

(l) in a case to which paragraph (k) applies, only one restoration fee and, if applicable, one annual registration fee is payable under section 38 ;

(m) if the name of a person holding dual registration is removed from a register and, on appeal, the Supreme Court orders that the person's name be restored to that register, the Board must immediately restore the person's name to the other register;

(n) a condition imposed on a person who holds dual registration or an action required to be undertaken by such a person under section 47 may be imposed in respect of either or both of those registrations.

(3)  Issues arising in connection with dual registration that are not provided for in subsection (2) are to be determined by the Board having regard to the following considerations:

(a) the protection of the public;

(b) fairness to the practitioners concerned;

(c) the standing of the professions of chiropractic and osteopathy;

(d) any previous determinations made by the Board under this subsection;

(e) such other considerations as the Board considers relevant.