Use of X-ray

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  • (a) A license to practice as a chiropractor shall not permit the holder thereof to use radio-therapy, fluoroscopy, or any form of ionizing radiation except X-ray and imaging which may be used only as follows:

    • (1) X-ray and imaging may be used for diagnostic and analytical purposes only;

    • (2) [Deleted]

  • (b) The requirements and limitations with respect to the use of X-ray and imaging by chiropractic physician’s shall be enforced by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, which is empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.

  • (c) Chiropractic physicians shall comply with territorial and federal laws in retaining all X-ray and imaging taken in the course of their practice, together with the records pertaining thereto, and shall make all such records available to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners upon request.

  • The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if such X-rays and imaging have been released to the patient, or transferred to another licensed health care practitioner, upon the patient's written request.
  • (d) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section are conditioned upon the licensed chiropractic physician’s having obtained a minimum of 250 hours instruction in the safe use and interpretation of X-rays and imaging for chiropractic purposes in a school of chiropractic accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or a similar accreditation agency associated with the federal government and approved by the Board.


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