2002 Minnesota Statutes

     148.01 Chiropractic. 

    Subdivision 1.  For the purposes of sections 148.01 to 
 148.10, "chiropractic" is defined as the science of adjusting 
 any abnormal articulations of the human body, especially those 
 of the spinal column, for the purpose of giving freedom of 
 action to impinged nerves that may cause pain or deranged 
 function.  

    Subd. 2.  The practice of chiropractic is not the practice 
 of medicine, surgery, or osteopathy.  

    Subd. 3.  Chiropractic practice includes those noninvasive 
 means of clinical, physical, and laboratory measures and 
 analytical x-ray of the bones of the skeleton which are 
 necessary to make a determination of the presence or absence of 
 a chiropractic condition.  The practice of chiropractic may 
 include procedures which are used to prepare the patient for 
 chiropractic adjustment or to complement the chiropractic 
 adjustment.  The procedures may not be used as independent 
 therapies or separately from chiropractic adjustment.  No device 
 which utilizes heat or sound shall be used in the treatment of a 
 chiropractic condition unless it has been approved by the 
 Federal Communications Commission.  No device shall be used 
 above the neck of the patient.  Any chiropractor who utilizes 
 procedures in violation of this subdivision shall be guilty of 
 unprofessional conduct and subject to disciplinary procedures 
 according to section 148.10. 

    HIST: (5725, 5731(c)) 1919 c 64 s 2,8; 1927 c 230; 1975 c 362 
 s 1; 1983 c 346 s 1