{"id":23455,"date":"2026-05-14T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/osteopathy\/regulation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:12:01","slug":"regulation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/osteopathy\/regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23455\" class=\"elementor elementor-23455 elementor-22377\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-567fc4d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"567fc4d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-7160f631 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7160f631\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd66f76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-udesign_widget_heading\" data-id=\"1cd66f76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"udesign_widget_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper  title-left\"><div class=\"title elementor-heading-title\">Osteopathy<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7018112c elementor-widget elementor-widget-udesign_widget_heading\" data-id=\"7018112c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"udesign_widget_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper  title-left\"><h2 class=\"title elementor-heading-title\">Regulation<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2e92f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2e92f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many European countries have already regulated osteopathy as a healthcare profession, with varying levels of integration into their healthcare systems. The United Kingdom and Switzerland stand out for their comprehensive regulation, including protected professional titles, official registers, university-level education, and government oversight. Finland, Portugal, Malta, Iceland, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Norway also recognise osteopathy as a first-contact healthcare profession, with educational requirements based on European standards, although it is primarily practised within the private sector. France has partial regulation without recognising osteopathy as a healthcare profession, while Italy is still in the process of full implementation.   <\/p><p>In general, these regulatory models share common features: legal protection of the professional title, high educational requirements, the use of European standards (CEN\/WHO), professional registers, and institutional oversight. <b>Comparative evidence indicates that regulation improves quality of care, patient safety, and clarity of the professional role, providing a strong framework for the development of a regulatory model in Spain.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4b60bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4b60bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leading International Osteopathic Organisations<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ffe9dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ffe9dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3683ec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3683ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Among the many international osteopathic organisations, the following are particularly noteworthy:<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1a8ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"5a1a8ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9440\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9440\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Osteopahic International Alliance (OIA)  <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-15cbdd0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9440\" data-id=\"15cbdd0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-4d084d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9440\" data-id=\"4d084d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae81bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae81bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA) is a global organisation dedicated to advancing and unifying the osteopathic profession worldwide. Its role is to connect academic institutions, regulatory bodies, and professional organisations at continental, national, and international levels. Its objective is to improve educational and regulatory systems in order to ensure the safe and effective practice of osteopathy. The OIA currently brings together more than 60 professional associations, universities, and research groups, representing both osteopaths and osteopathic physicians as two branches of the same profession. <strong>Since February 2018, the OIA has been included among the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) official collaborating partners<\/strong>.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-fdfa82e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9440\" data-id=\"fdfa82e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc6e12a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc6e12a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23073\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b125763 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b125763\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/oialliance.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.oialliance.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9441\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9441\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Osteopathy Europe (OE) <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-574816b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9441\" data-id=\"574816b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-9e35250 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9441\" data-id=\"9e35250\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f380023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f380023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Osteopathy Europe (OE) was created through the merger of two previous organisations: the European Federation of Osteopaths (EFO) and the Forum for Osteopathic Regulation in Europe (FORE). The organisation is composed of and represents the national osteopathic professional associations of 22 European countries, as well as those of Israel, Canada, and Brazil. Its main objectives are to improve patient safety, education, and standards of clinical practice.<br\/>OE is also a member of the Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA). The Spanish Federation of Osteopaths (FOE), formed by the associations ROE, APREO, and SEMO, is the official representative body for osteopathy professionals practising in Spain.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-d3ac33f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9441\" data-id=\"d3ac33f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a668971 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a668971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/oe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23078\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cbac07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cbac07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/osteopathyeurope.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">osteopathyeurope.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9442\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9442\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Osteopathic European Academic Network (OsEAN) <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-986eb5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9442\" data-id=\"986eb5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-2211be3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9442\" data-id=\"2211be3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d91c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d91c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is composed of 29 academic institutions from different countries that offer accredited osteopathy training in accordance with European Standard EN 16686:2015. Through it, the European academic movement is clearly promoted in line with the Bologna proposals in education: \u00abFor any profession of health to high degree of responsibility and consultation primary care, an education of BAC\/A\u2019 level + 5 years minimum is essential\u00bb. Thus, and as an example, Switzerland and Belgium currently present osteopathy training equivalent to BAC\/A\u2019 + 6 years.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-aa02f98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9442\" data-id=\"aa02f98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9e6db elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b9e6db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/osean.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23074\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f5f37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9f5f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osean.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.osean.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9443\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9443\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Centre for Osteopathic Medicine Collaboration (COME) <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-3315e18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9443\" data-id=\"3315e18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-f5d0f25 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9443\" data-id=\"f5d0f25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9fab79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9fab79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is an interdisciplinary base for excellence in osteopathy that brings together physicians and scientists who study the effects and effectiveness of osteopathic medicine. Its objective is research into how osteopathy works, to produce convincing evidence to optimise healthcare services and improve the quality of education. Its research groups study aspects of the application of osteopathic medicine, including laboratory-based and clinical research, as well as translational research. In addition to carrying out scientific research, they offer a wide range of educational and outreach opportunities. They have a centre in our country.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-0f7d372 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9443\" data-id=\"0f7d372\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf5beb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ddf5beb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/come.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23075\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d1b90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26d1b90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comecollaboration.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.comecollaboration.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9444\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9444\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-843a263 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9444\" data-id=\"843a263\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-d70a6c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9444\" data-id=\"d70a6c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758475e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"758475e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was founded in 2003 to provide leadership and unity for the development of osteopathic research. The aim of NCOR is to improve the osteopathic evidence base by encouraging and increasing research capacity, and by implementing it for the advancement of the profession. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-5d06e4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9444\" data-id=\"5d06e4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9daf35b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9daf35b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ncor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23076\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0296dc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0296dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncor.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ncor.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9445\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9445\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Spanish Federation of Osteopaths (FOE) <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"  a-icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-49cfc22 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9445\" data-id=\"49cfc22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-1ac3390 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9445\" data-id=\"1ac3390\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4420fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4420fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FOE is an organisation that brings together osteopathic associations in Spain whose members meet educational and ethical criteria aligned with the WHO and European standards (such as EN-16686).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e278445 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e278445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Its main functions are:<\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\">To promote the regulation of osteopathy in Spain as a healthcare profession.<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">To promote standards of educational quality, ethics, and professional practice.<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">To represent member associations before national and international institutions.<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">To foster coordination between associations and the defence of the profession.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-fe7db9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9445\" data-id=\"fe7db9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce254eb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce254eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/foe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23077\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d39d203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d39d203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.federacionosteopatas.com\/\">www.federacionosteopatas.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-7ba69ab2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ba69ab2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aaefd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9aaefd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other international osteopathic associations<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25676d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"25676d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"asoc_list_othe\">\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-pt\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aost.pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Associa\u00e7\u00e3o e Registo dos Osteopatas de Portugal (AROP)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-mt\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.effo.eu\/members\/osteopathy-in-malta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Malta Association of Osteopaths (MAO)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-cy\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.effo.eu\/members\/the-cyprus-osteopathic-association-coa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n The Cyprus Osteopathic Association (COA)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-fr\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afosteo.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Association Fran\u00e7aise d'Ost\u00e9opathie (AFO)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-it\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roi.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Registro degli Osteopati d'Italia (ROI)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-si\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drustvo-osteopatov.si\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Drustvo osteopatov Slovenije (DOS)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-be\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopathie.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Belge d'Ost\u00e9opathie (SBO)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-se\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopatforbundet.se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Svenska Osteopatf\u00f6rbundet (SOF)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-de\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopathie.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Verband der Osteopathen Deutschlands (VOD)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-at\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oego.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n \u00d6sterreichische Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Osteopathie (OEGO)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-lu\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopathie.lu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Association Luxembourgeoise des osteopaths (ALDO)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-nl\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/osteopathie-nro.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Nederlands Register voor Osteopathie (NRO)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-dk\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danskeosteopater.dk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Danske Osteopater\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-no\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopati.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Norsk Osteopatf\u00f6rbund (NOF)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-fi\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/osteopaattiliitto.fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Suomen Osteopaattiliitto Ry - Finlands Osteopatf\u00f6rbund Rf\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-ee\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopaat.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Balti Osteopaatide Assotsiatsioon (BOA)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-is\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopatia.is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Oste\u00f3pataf\u00e9lag \u00cdslands\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-pl\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/top.osteopatia.pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n Towarzystwo osteopat\u00f3w polskich\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-gb\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iosteopathy.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n The Institute of Osteopathy (iO)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n    <li>\n        <span class=\"fi fi-ie\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteopathy.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n The Osteopathic Council of Ireland (OCI)\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osteopathy Regulation Many European countries have already regulated osteopathy as a healthcare profession, with varying levels of integration into their healthcare systems. The United Kingdom and Switzerland stand out for their comprehensive regulation, including protected professional titles, official registers, university-level education, and government oversight. Finland, Portugal, Malta, Iceland, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Norway also recognise osteopathy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23442,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23455","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23638,"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23455\/revisions\/23638"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osteopatas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}