Consultation open: Revised Statement on paediatric care

03 Dec 2025

Have your say on the revised Statement on paediatric care. Consultation is open until 4 February 2026.

The Chiropractic Board of Australia (the Board) is reviewing its Statement on paediatric care. The Board is seeking to ensure practitioners, patients, parents and carers have a clearer understanding of what is expected when chiropractic care is provided to children. The Board wants to hear from you – what do you think of the proposed changes?

‘Our profession is privileged to provide care to our communities, including to children, and we take pride in doing so safely. The Board wants to ensure the advice and information we provide practitioners is as clear and easy to understand as possible, especially when in relation to providing care for paediatric patients’, Board Chair Dr Wayne Minter said.

The Board is consulting on a revised Statement on paediatric care that combines the current Statement and the Interim policy on spinal manipulation for infants and young children (the interim policy). The revised Statement includes the advice to chiropractors to not use spinal manipulation to treat children under the age of two.

‘We want to create one point of reference for chiropractors to refer to when treating children, rather than the two documents we currently have.

‘We’re seeking feedback on whether the revised Statement is clear. We also want to know if you have any suggestions for improvements’, Dr Minter said.

To have your say, please read the consultation paper on the Board’s website and use the online form or submission template to share your feedback.

The consultation is open for eight weeks, closing on Wednesday 4 February 2026.