May 10, 2005, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS, GILBERT, BARCIA, CASSIS, GOSCHKA and SANBORN and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 16401 (MCL 333.16401), as amended by 2002 PA
734.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 16401. (1) As used in this part:
(a) "Chiropractor", "chiropractic physician", "doctor of
chiropractic", or "d.c." means an individual licensed under this
article to engage in the practice of chiropractic.
(b) "Practice of chiropractic" means that discipline within
the
healing arts which deals with the human nervous system and its
relationship
to the spinal column and its the
musculoskeletal
system and their interrelationship with other body systems.
Practice of chiropractic includes the following:
(i) Diagnosis, including spinal analysis, differential
diagnosis to determine the existence of spinal
subluxations or
misalignments that produce nerve interference or joint dysfunction,
indicating the necessity for chiropractic care through examination,
evaluation, x-ray and other imaging technology, and monitoring body
physiology.
(ii) A The
chiropractic adjustment of spinal and extraspinal
subluxations
or misalignments, and the treatment of related
bones
and tissues that produce joint dysfunction, the provision of
nutritional advice, and the performance of physical medicine and
rehabilitative services, for the establishment of neural integrity
and structural stability utilizing the inherent recuperative powers
of the body for restoration and maintenance of health.
(iii) The use of analytical instruments ,
nutritional advice,
rehabilitative
exercise and adjustment apparatus regulated by
rules
promulgated by the board pursuant to section 16423. ,
and
the
use of x-ray machines in the examination of patients for the
purpose
of locating spinal subluxations or misaligned vertebrae of
the
human spine. The practice of
chiropractic does not include the
performance
of incisive surgical procedures , the performance of
an
invasive procedure requiring instrumentation, or the dispensing
or prescribing of drugs or medicine.
(2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1
contains general definitions and principles of construction
applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains
definitions applicable to this part.