Legislature considering changes in chiropractor licensing
Published: 2009-12-25 02:03:47
Author: Gloucester County Times | December 16, 2009
TRENTON — Legislation which would redefine the scope of practice of licensed chiropractors in New Jersey has cleared the Senate Commerce Committee.
The bill, whose sponsors include Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney, D-West Deptford, would expand the scope of practice of chiropractic medicine under the law beyond adjusting the articulations of the spinal column to include an individual’s extremities.
Under the bill, the practice of chiropractic medicine would include, but not be limited to the reduction of chiropractic misalignment, as well as the examination, diagnosis, analysis, assessment, adjustment and treatment of joints and soft tissue and the ordering and administration of physical therapies and rehabilitative and strengthening exercises.
The bill would also establish continuing education requirements for chiropractors, subjecting them to civil financial penalties or medical misconduct penalties if they fail to fulfill the continuing education standards, and would also allow licensed chiropractors in New Jersey to be called “Doctors of Chiropractic” or “Chiropractic Physicians,” to reflect the expanded scope of treatment options they would be allowed to administer under this bill.
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Published: 2009-12-25 02:03:47
Author: Gloucester County Times | December 16, 2009
TRENTON — Legislation which would redefine the scope of practice of licensed chiropractors in New Jersey has cleared the Senate Commerce Committee.
The bill, whose sponsors include Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney, D-West Deptford, would expand the scope of practice of chiropractic medicine under the law beyond adjusting the articulations of the spinal column to include an individual’s extremities.
Under the bill, the practice of chiropractic medicine would include, but not be limited to the reduction of chiropractic misalignment, as well as the examination, diagnosis, analysis, assessment, adjustment and treatment of joints and soft tissue and the ordering and administration of physical therapies and rehabilitative and strengthening exercises.
The bill would also establish continuing education requirements for chiropractors, subjecting them to civil financial penalties or medical misconduct penalties if they fail to fulfill the continuing education standards, and would also allow licensed chiropractors in New Jersey to be called “Doctors of Chiropractic” or “Chiropractic Physicians,” to reflect the expanded scope of treatment options they would be allowed to administer under this bill.
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