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Legal Status International

The practice of chiropractic is recognized and regulated by law in approximately 40 countries, and in many other countries where the profession is established practice is recognized and legal under general law. Common features of legislation and practice in all jurisdictions are:

  • Primary care - direct contact with patients
  • The right and duty to diagnose, including taking and/or ordering skeletal imaging
  • No use of prescription drugs or surgery

The unqualified practice of chiropractic by persons without formal training, but claiming to be 'chiropractors', remains a significant problem in some countries without regulatory legislation (e.g. Brazil, Germany, Korea, Japan).