Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010

A person must not perform manipulation of the cervical spine unless the person—

is registered in an appropriate health profession; or

is a student who performs manipulation of the cervical spine in the course of activities undertaken as part of—

an approved program of study in an appropriate health profession; or

clinical training in an appropriate health profession; or

is a person, or a member of a class of persons, prescribed under a regulation as being authorised to perform manipulation of the cervical spine.

Maximum penalty: $60 000 or 3 years imprisonment or both.

In this section—

appropriate health profession means any of the following health professions—

chiropractic;

osteopathy;

medical;

physiotherapy.

manipulation of the cervical spine means moving the joints of the cervical spine beyond a person's usual physiological range of motion using a high velocity, low amplitude thrust.