Hong Kong Ordinances

CHIROPRACTORS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 23

Use of title

PART VI

USE OF TITLE

(1) A person whose name does not appear on the register shall not
be entitled to describe himself as a "registered chiropractor".

(2) The Council may apply to a judge for an order restraining any person whose
name is not on the register from describing himself as a

"registered chiropractor".

(3) A person carrying on the business of chiropractic, otherwise than as part
of a multidisciplinary practice, may use the description of

"registered chiropractor" if, but only if, at each place where such business
is carried on, that business is conducted under the supervision of a
registered chiropractor who does not at the same time act in a similar
capacity for any other person.

(4) A person carrying on the business of chiropractic as part of a
multidisciplinary practice may use the description of "registered
chiropractor" if, but only if, the business, so far as it relates to
chiropractic, is under the full time management and control of a
registered chiropractor who does not at the same time act in a similar
capacity for any other person.

(5) The Council may apply to a judge for an order-

   (a)  restraining any person from using the description of

"registered chiropractor" if the person has not complied with subsection

(3) or (4); or

   (b)  restraining any person whose name is not entered in the register from
        carrying on a chiropractic practice in such manner as may reasonably
        cause any other person to believe that he is a registered 
        chiropractor. (Enacted 1993)