This is the desk that earns the domain its name. In 2007 the site said a full member of the Australian Veterinary Chiropractic Association needed a veterinary or chiropractic degree plus a two-year Graduate Diploma in Animal Chiropractic. That sentence is still the cleanest consumer test in the country, even though the association is now Animal Biomechanical Professionals Australia and the taught programme sits at Box Hill Institute as well as in the RMIT archive.
The Chiropractic Board of Australia does not regulate practice on animals. State veterinary practice acts do. “Chiropractor” remains a protected title for people. An unregistered person using “animal chiropractor” in a way that implies Ahpra registration can cross a line. We walk that line in Ahpra, protected titles, and the words animal chiropractor.
If you are choosing someone this week, start with how to find a qualified animal chiropractor in Australia. Then read ABPA membership and unregulated manual therapists and veterinary referral and state practice acts.