(*) CHIROPRACTIC, despite being recognized as a health profession by the World Health Organization (WHO), and having a health nature in most of the developed countries of the world, including many European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Italy, Denmark or Switzerland, and in some of them recognized as a basic health healthcare profession, IT IS NOT A HEALTHCARE PROFESSION AND HAS NOT BEEN THE SUBJECT OF EXPRESS REGULATION IN SPAIN.
As healthcare regulations are a matter of domestic law and reserved for the Sovereignty of each EU Member Country, the chiropractic profession in Spain finds itself in a situation of regulatory vacuum. From the Spanish Association of Chiropractors (A.E.Q.) it has been requested before the Courts and the competent Ministries in matters of Health and Education that Parliament promote the legislative process that recognizes the sanitary nature and the substantivity of the chiropractic profession.
In countries that have legal regulation, the degree in Chiropractic is obtained at the end of the educational programs of 5 or 6 years. Two Spanish institutions, the Real Centro Universitario María Cristina de Madrid (UCR) and the Barcelona College of Chiropractic (BCC), offer five-year programs (OWN, NON-OFFICIAL TITLES) for the training and practice of chiropractic, through waiting for this profession to be legally recognized in Spain. Meanwhile, these titles meet all the standards of quality and excellence required by the European Chiropractic Education Council (ECCE), and paradoxically, Spanish graduates will be able to practice as official health professionals in other countries such as the United States, France or England, but not on your own. The A.E.Q. was created and recognized by the Ministry of the Interior in 1986, includes 200 members who hold a university degree recognized by the European Chiropractic Education Council, which guarantees compliance with the highest quality standards in the exercise of this profession at a national level. European, but unfortunately, to date, our titles and diplomas ARE NOT OFFICIAL DEGREES IN SPAIN.
If you are being treated by a chiropractor, verify that he is a member of the A.E.Q. in the "Find a chiropractor" section of its website: http://www.quiropractica-aeq.com, in this way you will have the guarantee that it meets the quality standards established by E.C.C.E..
The regulation of the Chiropractic in Spain is a matter of political opportunity, but meanwhile, chiropractic professionals who meet the requirements established by the Statutes of the A.E.Q. are in a situation of legal insecurity and comparative grievance with other professionals from other European countries, and it may happen that citizens are treated by alleged chiropractors who do not meet the minimum quality standards required internationally.

(* *) The website www.quiropracticvilafranca.com provides information on the professional services of Margaux Chausson NIE: Y1708963P, owners of the contents of this website. The contents of this website are offered for informational and informative purposes. The owner is not responsible for the content or the statements and opinions expressed by third parties on its website. The contents of the website do not constitute nor are they intended to replace professional health advice, since CHIROPRACTIC IS NOT A HEALTHCARE PROFESSION AND HAS NOT BEEN THE SUBJECT OF EXPRESS REGULATION IN SPAIN, for which the owner assumes no responsibility, direct or indirect, that could derive from the use that could be made of said information.

(***) “Chiropractic is a health profession that deals with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the their effects on general health. It is based on manual techniques, including joint adjustments and/or manipulations, focusing mainly on subluxations.”

Definition by the World Health Organization (WHO). Chiropractic Guidelines, 2005.