18. Exemption in relation to provision of traditional medicine, etc.
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Subject to sub-paragraph (2), section 8 of the Act does not apply to any of the following:
the practice of a system of therapeutics according to a Chinese, Malay or Indian method by a person;
the provision of chiropractic or osteopathic services by a person;
the provision of complementary and alternative medicine services by a person.
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to the performance by a person of any invasive procedure that penetrates beyond the epidermis layer of an individual’s skin and which changes, or is intended to change, that individual’s appearance or anatomy.
Subregulation 1
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), section 8 of the Act does not apply to any of the following:
the practice of a system of therapeutics according to a Chinese, Malay or Indian method by a person;
the provision of chiropractic or osteopathic services by a person;
the provision of complementary and alternative medicine services by a person.
Subregulation 2
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to the performance by a person of any invasive procedure that penetrates beyond the epidermis layer of an individual’s skin and which changes, or is intended to change, that individual’s appearance or anatomy.