The General Chiropractic Council (Registration During Transitional Period) Rules Order of Council 1999

Lawful, safe and competent practice

4.—(1) The question whether an applicant has spent any part of his working time in the lawful, safe and competent practice of chiropractic for the purposes of sections 3(3) and 4(2)(d) of the Act shall be determined in accordance with this Rule.

(2) In determining that question, the Registrar shall have regard, amongst other matters, to the period during which the applicant has been registered on a chiropractic register or maintained professional indemnity insurance in respect of a chiropractic practice, or during which he has in other circumstances carried out the work of a chiropractor, and to the nature and extent of his practice during any such period.

(3) Where, during any period taken into account for the purposes of section 3(3) or 4(2)(d) of the Act, an applicant has practised chiropractic in a place outside the United Kingdom, and the practice of chiropractic there was prohibited unless legal requirements relating to it were complied with, the applicant shall satisfy the Registrar that he has complied with those requirements in order to be treated as having spent that period in the lawful practice of chiropractic.

(4) In determining whether the applicant has practised chiropractic safely, the Registrar shall have regard to any complaint made to a professional regulatory body on whose register, roll or list the applicant is or has been entered, any claim made under a contract of insurance providing professional indemnity to the applicant, proceedings (whether criminal or civil) brought against the applicant in connection with his practice of chiropractic, and any other matter which appears to the Registrar to be relevant to the issue.

(5) In determining whether an applicant has practised chiropractic competently, the Registrar shall have regard to the provisions of the required standard of proficiency, together with any other matter which appears to the Registrar to be relevant to the issue.

(6) In determining whether an applicant has spent a part of his working time in the lawful, safe and competent practice of chiropractic (and if so, whether it is a substantial part), the Registrar may if he thinks it desirable from time to time require from the applicant pursuant to Rule 3(2)(e), (3) or (4)(a) any information which is in addition to that provided with the application for registration and may require the applicant to be interviewed by the Education Committee (or a sub-committee of the Education Committee) or by a person nominated by the Registrar, or to be visited at any place where he practises chiropractic by a person so nominated; and the Registrar may obtain information from any other person or source as he considers appropriate.

(7) In this Rule–

“chiropractic register” means a register, roll or list kept by a professional regulatory body of persons practising chiropractic; and

“professional regulatory body” means a body, whether incorporated or not, which keeps a register of persons who have satisfied the body (whether by the passing of an examination or by some other means) that they are competent to practise chiropractic.