Membership

IVCA Membership Requirements

To become and remain a member of the IVCA applicants must:

  • Be an accredited veterinarian or chiropractor
  • Have successfully completed one of the basic IVCA approved educational courses
  • Have successfully completed the IVCA certification exam (as of Jan 1st 2012)
  • Agree to complete the IVCA CPD requirements
  • Agree to adhere to the IVCA and their respective professional veterinary and chiropractic code of conduct and standard of proficiency
  • Ensure that their membership fee is paid on time. According to the IVCA bylaws, membership fees are due annually in January and apply to the full membership year.
  • Membership must be terminated in writing to the IVCA-office per E-Mail to contact@ivca.de before the start of the year. For legal and administrative reasons, the Managing Committee is not able to modify or waive these requirements once the membership year has begun.

Benefits of IVCA Membership

Protecting the Value of Your IVCA Certification

IVCA membership is more than a listing or annual fee—it’s how we collectively protect, support, and strengthen international standards in animal chiropractic.

You earned your IVCA certification through advanced post-doctoral education, rigorous examination, ongoing CPD, and commitment to a specialized field not covered in standard DVM or DC training.

In a landscape where unqualified individuals may claim to offer animal chiropractic, IVCA membership distinguishes those who uphold proven standards of education, competency, and professionalism.

Every membership and renewal helps safeguard the credibility of the certification you worked hard to achieve and ensures the profession continues to grow with integrity.

 

Why Membership Matters

  • Protect your certification: Maintain the value and recognition of your education, examination, CPD, and certification standards.
  • Uphold global standards: Support IVCA’s work in education quality, certification, recertification, CPD review, and professional accountability.
  • Stand out professionally: Differentiate yourself in a field where not all practitioners meet recognized standards.
  • Support the profession’s future: Help IVCA protect, advance, and promote animal chiropractic worldwide.
  • Keep IVCA strong: Sustain a member-driven, volunteer-supported organization dedicated to the profession’s growth.

IVCA Member Benefits

  • Provider Locator: Featured on the IVCA homepage register, making it easier for animal owners and professionals to find you.
  • Certification Renewal: Recertification every three years included with active membership via CPD review.
  • Continuing Education: Access to updates on approved seminars, webinars, conferences, and CPD-eligible events.
  • Discounts: Reduced rates on selected IVCA-approved educational opportunities.
  • Free Client Brochures: Professional digital materials to educate clients, veterinarians, and the public on animal chiropractic.
  • Educational & Promotional Resources: Tools to explain IVCA standards and the value of animal chiropractic.
  • Member Workshop Fund: Support (promotion, advertising, and possible funding) for local/regional educational workshops.
  • Research & Development Program: Funding opportunities for member-led projects, publications, and innovations that advance the profession.
  • Global Professional Network: Connect with certified animal chiropractors worldwide who share a commitment to high standards and animal welfare.

Together, We Hold the Standard

Your IVCA membership sustains education standards, certification, public verification, research, workshops, and international connections. Every renewal strengthens the profession and ensures animal chiropractic remains credible, respected, and recognized for years to come.

CPD offers for IVCA members only

2020

GIFT FOR THE MEMBERSHIP
As we are not gathering together this year for some good learning experiences at our yearly conference, the MC decided to give you all a little CPD gift!!! The online lecture “Myofascial Release for Small and Large Animals” given by Dr. Angelique Barbara will be available for viewing on demand in October at the member´s area. It will count toward 3 specific veterinary chiropractic CE hours. Log on and enjoy!

2021 / 2022

CPD Webinar

In our commitment to provide our members low cost continuing education, we have prepared a webinar which is available for purchase at the IVCA member´s area of our website. Completion of the webinar will grant you 10 CE hours of specific animal chiropractic. The cost is 100 Euros.

Topics:
Porcine Adjusting from Dr. Emily McLeod, DC
Biomechanics & Longevity Animal Chiropractor from Dr. Emily McLeod, DC
A History in the Science, Philosophy & Art of Animal Chiropractic from Dr. Petra Sullwold, DC
Chiropractic Concepts from Dr. Jay Komarek, DC
Dealing with Animal Behavioral Issues during Assessments and Treatments from Dr. Angelique Barbara, DC
Conformation and Biomechanics of the Canine Athlete from Dr. Abigail Kitchens, DVM
 
2023
Online Seminar of Michele Broadhurst from the IVCA conference 2022
Topic:
“An integrative approach to the veterinary patient: Appyling functional and structural medicine for an optimal outcome”
The seminar is accredited for 3 chiro specific hours.
Cost for IVCA members: 49 Euros, for non-members 99 Euros
 

IVCA Webinar 2024/2025

The announced IVCA webinar with 6 CE hours of specific animal chiropractic is now available – from November 2024 to the end of January 2025!

IVCA SPECIAL GIFT: 1 CE BONUS OFFER!

When you purchase the IVCA 6 HR webinar package you will get the 7th HR CE course as a bonus with no additional charge!

IVCA Member Discount Rate for 6 HR CE: 100 Euro

Non-Member Rate for 6 HR CE: 200 Euro

BONUS of 1 HR CE course at no additional charge!

Topics:

Dr. Joren Whitley: “5 Pathologies Surrounding the Vertebral Subluxation Complex”

Steve Hebrock: “Veterinary Chiropractic, Equine Foot & Proper Hoof Function” “Veterinary Chiropractic, Equine Foot & Understanding Navicular Disease”

Dr. Mike Adney: “Equine Veterinary Chiropractic, Adjustments in the Cervical Spine” “Equine Veterinary Chiropractic, Adjustments in the Pelvis”

Celina Tarantino: “Equine Chiropractic and Myofascial Kinetic Lines”

CE special offer 2025

10%-30% discount on CE courses from various providers according to the offer in November and December 2025

CE Webinar 2026 – 2 CE HOURS FOR FREE

Livestream-Webinar with Dr. Sue Dyson and Dr. Doris Timmann – Sep 2, 2026

“Pain assessment in ridden horses and small animals”

Cost of IVCA Membership 2026

There is an initial joining fee of 125 Euros (plus a merchant payment processing fee).
The annual membership fee is 125 Euros (plus a merchant payment processing fee). – 10 Euros goes to the research fund

IVCA Funded Research

If you decide to join the IVCA as a member within 4 weeks of successfully completing the IVCA certification exam then € 90 from the exam fee will be credited to you. It means that the membership costs of € 250 (i.e € 125 joining fee plus € 125 membership fee for the current year) will be reduced by € 90 so the total amount you pay is € 160 plus a merchant payment processing fee.

To join the IVCA you must fulfill all our membership requirements. Please complete the IVCA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM and attach copies of your:

Failure to include ALL of the above could result in delay in acceptance for membership and inclusion on the IVCA register.

Join the IVCA

Complete our IVCA Membership Application Form