Who is the General Chiropractic Council (GCC)?

The General Chiropractic Council (GCC) is a body corporate created by the Chiropractors Act 1994 to have the general function of developing and regulating the profession of chiropractic with an over-arching objective of the protection of the public by:

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    protecting, promoting and maintaining the health, safety and well-being of the public

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   promoting and maintaining public confidence in the profession of osteopathy; and

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   promoting and maintaining proper professional standards and conduct for members of the profession

The GCC is itself overseen by the Professional Standards Authority, see Practice Note: Professional Standards Authority.

This Practice Note provides a guide to GCC fitness to practise proceedings, investigations, reviews and appeals.. It is a criminal offence to use the title of ‘chiropractor, chiropractic practitioner, chiropractic physician, or any other kind of chiropractor’ without being registered with the GCC.

This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Notes: Common principles in fitness to practise proceedings and Criminal proceedings and convictions in healthcare regulatory proceedings and