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Section
302. Practice of Chiropractic a)
Scope of Practice (1)
A duly licensed chiropractor may manipulate and adjust the spinal column
and other joints of the human body and in the process thereof a
chiropractor may manipulate the muscle and connective tissue related
thereto. (2)
As part of a course of chiropractic treatment, a duly licensed
chiropractor may use all necessary mechanical hygienic, and sanitary
measures incident to the care of the body, including, but not limited to air,
cold, diet, exercise, heat, light, massage, physical culture, rest, ultrasound,
water and physical therapy techniques in the course of chiropractic
manipulations and/or adjustments. (3)
Other than as explicitly set forth in Section 10(b) of the Act, a duly
licensed chiropractor may treat any condition, disease, or injury in any
patient, including a pregnant woman, and may diagnose, so long as such
treatment or diagnosis is done in a manner consistent with chiropractic methods
and techniques and so long as such methods and treatment do not constitute
the practice of medicine by exceeding the legal scope of chiropractic
practice as set forth in this section. (4)
A chiropractic license issued in the State of California does not
authorize the holder thereof: (A)
to practice surgery or to sever or penetrate tissues of human beings,
including, but not limited to severing the umbilical cord; (B)
to deliver a human child or practice obstetrics; (C)
to practice dentistry; (D)
to practice optometry; (E)
to use any drug or medicine included in materia medica; (F)
to use a lithotripter; (G)
to use ultrasound on a fetus for either diagnostic or treatment purposes;
or (H)
to perform a mammography. (5)
A duly licensed chiropractor may employ the use of vitamins, food
supplements, foods for special dietary use, or proprietary medicines, if
the above substances are also included in Section 4052 of the Business and
Professions Code, so long as such substances are not included in materia medica
as defined in Section 13 of the Business and Professions Code.
The use of such substances by a licensed chiropractor in the treatment of
illness or injury must be within the scope of the practice of chiropractic
as defined in Section 7 of the Act. (6)
Except as specifically provided in Section 302(a)(4), a duly
licensed chiropractor may make use of X-ray and thermography equipment for
the purposes of diagnosis but not for the purposes of treatment.
A duly licensed chiropractor may make use of diagnostic ultrasound
equipment for the purposes of neuromuscular skeletal diagnosis. (7)
A duly licensed chiropractor may only practice or attempt to practice or
hold himself or herself out as practicing a system of chiropractic.
A duly licensed chiropractor may also advertise the use of the modalities
authorized by this section as a part of a course of chiropractic treatment, but
is not required to use all of the diagnostic and treatment modalities set
forth in this section. A
chiropractor may not hold himself or herself out as being licensed as
anything other than a chiropractor or as holding any other healing arts
license or as practicing physical therapy or use the term "physical
therapy" in advertising unless he or she holds another such license. (b)
Definitions. (1)
Board. The term
"board" means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. (2)
Act. The term
"act" means the Chiropractic Initiative Act of California as amended. Note:
The Chiropractic Initiative Act of California is listed in West's
Annotated California Codes following Section 1000 of the Business and
Professions Code, and in Deering's California Codes Annotated as an appendix
to the Business and Professions Code. (3)
Duly licensed chiropractor. The
term "duly licensed chiropractor" means any chiropractor in the
State of California holding an unrevoked certificate to practice chiropractic,
as that term is defined in Section 7 of the Act, that has been issued by
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