Why is The Society pursuing statutory rather than voluntary regulation?
A. Statutory regulation is an independent and more robust form of regulation than the voluntary system already run by The Society and is therefore potentially a better means of protecting the public. The Society believes that a statutory system is necessary to protect the public from poor practice. The application coincides with the tenth anniversary of the House of Lords’ Select Committee on Science & Technology report into Complementary & Alternative Medicine (session 1999-2000), which categorised homeopathy as a ‘Group One’ therapy along with acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine and osteopathy.
