2005 Idaho Code - 54-704 — CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 7
                          CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE ACT
    54-704.  CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. Chiropractic practice and procedures which
may be employed by physicians are as follows:
    (1)  The system of specific adjustment or manipulation of the
articulations and tissues of the body; the investigation, examination and
clinical diagnosis of conditions of the human body and the treatment of the
human body by the application of manipulative, manual, mechanical,
physiotherapeutic or clinical nutritional methods and may include the use of
diagnostic X-rays.
    (a)  "Adjustment" means the application of a precisely controlled force
    applied by hand or by mechanical device to a specific focal point on the
    anatomy for the express purpose of creating a desired angular movement in
    skeletal joint structures in order to eliminate or decrease interference
    with neural transmission and correct or attempt to correct subluxation
    complex; "chiropractic adjustment" utilizes, as appropriate, short lever
    force, high velocity force, short amplitude force, or specific
    line-of-correction force to achieve the desired angular movement, as well
    as low force neuromuscular, neurovascular, neuro-cranial, or
    neuro-lymphatic reflex technique procedures.
    (b)  "Manipulation" means an application of a resistive movement by
    applying a nonspecific force without the use of a thrust, that is directed
    into a region and not into a focal point of the anatomy for the general
    purpose of restoring movement and reducing fixation.
    (c)  "Massage therapy," also called massology, means the systematic manual
    or mechanical mobilization of the soft tissue of the body by such
    movements as rubbing, kneading, pressing, rolling, slapping and tapping,
    for the purpose of promoting circulation of the blood and lymph,
    relaxation of muscles, release from pain, restoration of metabolic
    balance, and the other benefits both physical and mental.
    (2)  Nothing herein contained shall allow any physician to:
    (a)  Perform surgical operations or practice obstetrics;
    (b)  Direct or suggest to the patient that such patient shall use a
    substance which, under federal law is required, prior to being dispensed
    or delivered, to be labeled with either of the following statements: (i)
    "Caution: Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing Without Prescription"; or (ii)
    "Caution: Federal Law Restricts This Drug To Use By or On The Order Of A
    Licensed Veterinarian"; or (iii) a product which is required by any
    applicable federal or state law regulation to be dispensed on prescription
    only or is restricted to use by practitioners only.
    (3)  Chiropractic practice, as herein defined is hereby declared not to be
the practice of medicine within the meaning of the laws of the state of Idaho
defining the same, and physicians licensed pursuant to this chapter shall not
be subject to the provisions of chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code, nor liable
to any prosecution thereunder, when acting within the scope of practice as
defined in this chapter.