The profession should be seen as working in parallel with Allopathic Medicine enabling the public to take advantage of the many private clinics administered by self-employed Complementary Medical practitioners. The ICM offers affiliation to Courses, Organisations and Registers to protect their position and show their determination to achieve an established practitioner qualification that will be acceptable to the registration body. The ICM administers the British Register of Complementary Practitioners, which can include all divisions of Complementary Medicine in the one register. A complaints procedure is available. A suitably constituted Disciplinary Council is convened when necessary.
Suitable advice is available to prosecuting authorities when required.
The details of the complaints procedure and the arrangement for public hearings are published. The ICM recognises that Complementary Medicine is increasingly used as preventive medicine. The ICM does not support the use of either conventional or complementary medical products or techniques being tested on animals. Mr A Baird. Membership of the ICM is not yet available but the award of a Fellowship is under consideration.