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House Bill 3054 History
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H. B. 3054
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates
Beane, Mahan and G. White)
[Introduced February 19, 2003
; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then Government
Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eighteen, article sixteen,
chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to allowing properly
qualified chiropractors to engage in rehabilitative therapy.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eighteen, article sixteen, chapter thirty of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16. CHIROPRACTORS.
§30-16-18. Scope of practice; chiropractic assistants; expert
testimony.
(a) Any chiropractor who has complied with the provisions of
this article may use any instrument or procedure, for the purpose
of diagnosis and analysis of disease or abnormalities: Provided,
That the person is trained to perform the procedures and use the instruments through a chiropractic college approved by the counsel
on chiropractic education or its successor. Any chiropractor
properly qualified under this article may engage in the use of
physiotherapeutic devices, physiotherapeutic rehabilitative
modalities, physical therapy and physical therapy rehabilitative
procedures and rehabilitative techniques. Licensed chiropractors
may also employ properly trained chiropractic assistants to perform
duties under supervision that are generally conducted by
chiropractic assistants which are not otherwise prohibited by the
board. The board shall propose and promulgate rules in accordance
with the provisions governing legislative rules, contained in
article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code governing
chiropractic assistants, including, but not limited to, minimum
qualifications, scope of practice, and supervision requirements. A
licensed chiropractor may not engage in conduct outside this scope
and beyond his or her training and knowledge.
(b) A doctor of chiropractic duly licensed under this article
is presumed to be competent to testify before the circuit courts of
this state or in any other state administrative proceeding as an
expert witness.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow properly qualified
chiropractors to engage in the use of rehabilitative therapies,
procedures, techniques and devices.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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