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312.015 Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the Kentucky State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;
(2) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section "chiropractic" means the
science of diagnosing and adjusting or manipulating the subluxations of the
articulations of the human spine and its adjacent tissues;
(3) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section "chiropractor" means one
qualified by experience and training and licensed by the board to diagnose his
patients and to treat those of his patients diagnosed as having diseases or disorders
relating to subluxations of the articulations of the human spine and its adjacent
tissues by indicated adjustment or manipulation of those subluxations and by
applying methods of treatment designed to augment those adjustments or
manipulation. The terms "chiropractic," "doctor of chiropractic," and "chiropractor"
shall be synonymous, and shall be construed to mean a practitioner of chiropractic
as defined in this section.
(4) "Peer review" means an evaluation, based upon generally accepted standards, by a
peer review committee established in KRS 312.200 or by other persons performing
peer review pursuant to KRS 312.200(3), of the appropriateness, quality, utilization,
and cost of chiropractic health care and health service provided to a patient.
(5) The practice of chiropractic shall not include the practice of medicine or osteopathy
as defined in KRS 311.550, the practice of podiatry as defined in KRS 311.380, the
practice of dentistry as defined in KRS 313.010, the practice of optometry as
defined in KRS 320.210, the practice as a nurse as defined in KRS 314.011, or the
practice of pharmacy by persons licensed and registered under KRS 315.050.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 252, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch.
359, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1976. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 1,
effective June 14, 1962.
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