Manual Osteopaths, who have a certificate of registration issued by the National Association of Research and Development for Manual Osteopathy (NARDMO), are permitted to provide European-style manual osteopathic treatments and call themselves manual osteopaths in most countries, including:  Canada, USA and some international countries. 

NARDMO members can practice in all Canadian provinces, including Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta & Nova Scotia, as manual osteopaths or osteopathic manual practitioners, and manual osteopathy practitioners.  Members practicing in Canada should not call themselves osteopaths, as the term is reserved for American-style osteopathic physicians who perform surgery and prescribe medications. 

NARDMO members can practice manual osteopathic techniques on their patients in the USA (all states), Australia (all provinces), the UK, New Zealand, and South Africa, but in these countries, they cannot call themselves osteopaths. However, they can still provide osteopathic techniques only as manual therapists. NARDMO members in these countries must make sure that they do not represent themselves as osteopaths or what they practice as osteopathy.

NARDMO reminds all manual osteopaths that communicating a diagnosis and performing spinal and joint manipulations are controlled & authorized acts in some countries. European-style osteopaths are not permitted to perform spinal or joint manipulation and render a medical diagnosis in Canada and the USA (only American-style osteopaths are permitted to do so).

It is mandatory for all NARDMO members to obtain malpractice insurance in Canada. NARDMO is approved by major malpractice insurance providers in Canada. If you are interested in purchasing your malpractice insurance as an NARDMO member, please submit a contact form with your request, and our office will follow up with information to you.  NARDMO strongly recommends to members in all countries to purchase practice insurance and errors & omission insurance to protect themselves and their patients from accidents.