These national guidelines are intended to provide individual chiropractors with guidance in patient care and evaluation. By law in Ontario, a Chiropractor is a primary health care provider. This means that you have the ability to seek out a chiropractor if you so choose, without referral from your family physician. Click here , to find a chiropractor in your area. The Workers' Compensation Act gives workers the right to choose chiropractic care.
Chiropractors provide all reports and certificates on the same basis as medical doctors.
As a result the regulations under the Health Insurance Act have been changed to allow private insurance coverage from the first visit. You should ask your employer or insurance company about this change to make sure you are covered. The relationship between chiropractors and physicians has greatly improved over the last 10 years. Many physicians now see the great benefits of chiropractic care as a compliment to their own treatment of patients. Ontario chiropractors, on their own initiative and through the Ontario Chiropractic Association, are active in ensuring that Ontario's health care system works to the benefit of all Ontarians.