Scope of practice

“Chiropractic is a primary healthcare profession concerned with the relationship between structure (primarily of the spine) and function (primarily of the nervous system) as that relationship may affect the restoration, preservation and promotion of health and well-being.”

“A Chiropractor is responsible in forming and communicating a differential diagnosis, diagnosis or clinical impression to identify a cause which impacts on a person’s symptoms, neuro-musculo-skeletal system and / or well-being and relates to disorders arising from structures or functions of the spine and their effects on the neuro-musculoskeletal system and/or disorders arising from structures or functions of the non-spinal articulations.”

(New Zealand Board of Chiropractic, effective 2004)