Codes and guidelines

The Chiropractic Board of Australia has developed codes and guidelines to provide guidance to the profession. These also help to clarify our views and expectations on a range of issues.

For more information on the Chiropractic Board of Australia’s guidelines on advertising please read the Statement on advertising.

Policies

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Social media policy	PDF (62.2 KB)	Web page	From 17 March 2014
Common Protocol - Informing notifiers about the reasons for National Board decisions	PDF (91.8KB)	Word version (58.6 KB,DOCX)	1 August 2018

Codes and guidelines

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Guideline - Informing a National Board about where you practise	PDF (152 KB)	Word version (590 KB,DOCX)	1 August 2018
Code of conduct for chiropractors	PDF (180 KB)	Web page	From 17 March 2014
Guidelines for mandatory notifications	PDF (149 KB)	Web page	From 17 March 2014
Guidelines for advertising regulated health services	PDF (155 KB)	Web page	From 17 March 2014
Guidelines on continuing professional development (CPD)	PDF (464 KB)	Word version (689 KB,DOCX)	1 December 2015
CPD log book	PDF (203 KB)	Word version (393 KB,DOCX)	From 12 July 2013
Guidelines for the supervision of chiropractors	PDF (507 KB)	Word version (332 KB,DOC)	From 21 February 2013
Guidelines for clinical record keeping for chiropractors	PDF (177 KB)	Word version (183 KB,DOC)	From 27 March 2013
Guidelines for the further education and training of chiropractors when required under the National Law	PDF (105 KB)	Web page	23 March 2014

Position statements

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Background information: The advertising provisions of the National Law	PDF (426 KB)	Word version (420 KB,DOCX)	22 April 2016
Interim policy on spinal manipulation for infants and young children	PDF (46.2 KB)	Word version (680 KB,DOCX)	14 March 2019

FAQ and Fact Sheets

For more information, please see FAQ and Fact Sheets.

Retired versions

Document	PDF	Date of effect
Retired version: Guidelines on continuing professional development (CPD)	PDF (273 KB)	From 30 June 2010 to 30 November 2015
Retired version: Code of conduct for chiropractors	PDF (518 KB)	To 16 March 2014
Retired version: Guidelines for mandatory notifications	PDF (415 KB)	To 16 March 2014
Retired version: Guidelines for the advertising of regulated health services	PDF (453 KB)	To 16 March 2014