There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 36 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 05. Chiropractors
§36-5-1 Scope of practice--Limitations--Inapplicability to physicians.
SD Codified L § 36-5-1 (through 2011) What's This?
36-5-1. Scope of practice--Limitations--Inapplicability to physicians. Chiropractic is the science of locating and removing the cause of any abnormal transmission of nerve energy including diagnostic and applied mechanical measures incident thereto. Integral to chiropractic is the treating of specific joints and articulations of the body and adjacent tissues, to influence joints or neurophysiological functions of the body, or both, including the use of examination and treatment by manipulation, adjustment, and mobilization of a joint. No chiropractor may practice obstetrics or treat communicable diseases. The requirements of this section do not apply to those licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 27.0501, 27.0510; SL 1939, ch 101, § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.0508; SL 2007, ch 209, § 1.
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