Board retires Guidelines for clinical record keeping

12 Aug 2025

The Chiropractic Board of Australia (the Board) will retire its Guidelines for clinical record keeping for chiropractors on 1 December 2025.

This decision follows a public consultation earlier this year as part of the Board’s review of the guidelines. The Board noted that the guidelines, which were introduced in 2012, could be considered overly prescriptive, included outdated references and didn’t align with the Board’s regulatory principles of responsive and risk-based regulation.

The majority of respondents supported the Board’s preferred option to retire the guidelines.

Where to find information about record keeping

Chiropractors are encouraged to review the shared Code of conduct which includes regulatory guidance on record keeping.

Additional resources to support practitioners to meet their professional obligations are available on the Codes and guidelines webpage and include:

• Managing health records – Self-reflective tool
• Managing health records – Summary of obligations