Unauthorized Practice and Court Orders

CCO registrants are subject to the statutory requirements outlined in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA).

Only a member of CCO can:

Hold him or herself out as a person qualified to engage in chiropractic practice
Use the title “Dr.” in the course of providing or offering to provide in Ontario, health care to individuals, (unless he or she is a medical doctor or member of another health regulatory college authorized to use the “Dr.” title)
Perform the controlled acts set out in s. 4 of the Chiropractic Act, 1991, including communicating a diagnosis within the chiropractic scope of practice and moving the joints of the spine
Bill for chiropractic services, including billing third-party payers or insurance companies for chiropractic services
Treat or advise a person with respect to his or her health in circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that serious physical harm may result

All CCO members are listed on the public register. If someone is not listed on the register, they are not licensed as a chiropractor in Ontario.

CCO may prosecute individuals for holding themselves out as persons being qualified to engage in chiropractic practice, using the “doctor” title, performing any controlled acts set out in section 4 of the Chiropractic Act and subsection 27(2) of the Regulated Health Professions Act, or performing other acts authorized to members of CCO.

Court orders obtained by CCO against such individuals:

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