2020 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 9 - Chiropractors
§ 43-9-17. Scope of Practice of Chiropractic Students
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the performance of any chiropractic task by a student enrolled in an approved chiropractic college when such student has successfully completed at least one academic year of schooling therein and when such task is performed under the supervision and direction of an authorized instructor duly licensed to practice chiropractic in this state.
(Ga. L. 1976, p. 1054, § 3.)
Law reviews.- For note on the chiropractor as an expert witness, see 15 Mercer L. Rev. 431 (1964).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Georgia Ass'n of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. v. Allen, 31 F. Supp. 206 (M.D. Ga. 1940); Caldwell v. Knight, 92 Ga. App. 747, 89 S.E.2d 900 (1955).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
O.C.G.A. § 43-9-17 is plain and unambiguous; to read into the statutory language an additional limitation that qualified students may only perform chiropractic tasks on the premises of the chiropractic college would violate the principal of statutory construction that an unambiguous statute must be construed according to the statute's terms. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-26.
O.C.G.A. § 43-9-17 does not prohibit qualified students from performing chiropractic tasks under the supervision of an authorized instructor at a location other than the premises of the chiropractic college in which the student is enrolled. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-26.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Single or isolated transactions as falling within provisions of commercial or occupational licensing requirements, 93 A.L.R.2d 90.
Limitation on right of chiropractors and osteopathic physicians to participate in public medical welfare programs, 8 A.L.R.4th 1056.
