The General Chiropractic Council (Registration of Chiropractors with Foreign Qualifications) Rules Order of Council 2002

Required standard of proficiency U.K.

6.—(1)  [F1 [F2 In] determining] whether an applicant has reached the required standard of proficiency for the purposes of rule 5(1), the Registrar shall require the applicant to take a test of competence under this rule.

F3 (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) The test of competence shall comprise a written or oral test (or both) covering the following heads (or such part of them as the Registrar considers appropriate) for the purposes of determining whether the applicant meets the required standard of proficiency in relation to them—

(a) knowledge and understanding of the ethical basis and holistic nature of the practice of chiropractic;

(b) medical and scientific knowledge relevant to the practice of chiropractic;

(c) clinical assessment, including physical examination before and during treatment, interview and case history;

(d) diagnosis and clinical impression;

(e) the selection of appropriate treatment;

(f) the delivery of treatment and evaluation of the response to treatment;

(g) the giving of advice concerning treatment, treatment dependence, minimisation of recurrence or the need for further treatment, and related matters;

(h) the obtaining of consent to treatment;

(i) communication with other chiropractors, general medical practitioners and other health professionals, including assessment of the need for second opinions or for referrals; and

(j) record keeping.

(3) The test of competence may if the Registrar so requires include a test requiring a practical demonstration by the applicant.

(4) The test of competence shall be conducted by examiners appointed by the Council, who shall be fully registered chiropractors of not less than 5 years’ experience who have successfully completed a course of training approved by the General Council in the methods of assessing a person undergoing a test of competence under this rule or under rule 6 of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration During Transitional Period) Rules 1999 M1 ; and any person appointed for the purpose of rule 6(4) of those Rules shall be deemed to be appointed also for the purposes of this rule.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. rule 6(1) substituted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 229(5)(a)

F2 Word in Sch. rule 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 7 para. 13(e)(i) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 7 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 15); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Sch. rule 6(1A) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 7 para. 13(e)(ii) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 7 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 15); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 Approved by (and printed in) S.I. 1999/1857.