Text of Statute

The license provided for in this chapter shall entitle the holder thereof to practice chiropractic in this state. For the purpose of this chapter "practice of chiropractic" or "practice as chiropractor" means utilization of the relationship between the musculo-skeletal structures of the body, the spinal column and the nervous system, in the restoration and maintenance of health, in connection with which patient care is conducted with due regard for first aid, hygienic, nutritional, and rehabilitative procedures and the specific vertebral adjustment and manipulation of the articulations and adjacent tissues of the body. The chiropractor is authorized to examine, diagnose, and assume responsibility for the care of patients.

The practice of chiropractic does not permit the chiropractor to treat infectious, contagious, or venereal disease, to perform surgery or acupuncture, or to prescribe or administer drugs for treatment, and roentgen rays shall be used only for diagnostic purposes. The practice of chiropractic does not include the performance of abortions.

An individual holding a valid, current certificate of registration to practice chiropractic is entitled to use the title "doctor" or "doctor of chiropractic" and is a "physician" for the purposes of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, and the program established under section 5111.01 of the Revised Code.

HISTORY: 136 v S 75 (Eff 11-3-75); 138 v H 176 (Eff 7-1-80); 143 v H 672. Eff 11-14-89.