November 5, 2009, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS, VAN WOERKOM, CROPSEY, GILBERT, JANSEN, JELINEK, GARCIA, McMANUS, ALLEN, SANBORN, BARCIA, CHERRY, CLARKE, JACOBS, GLEASON, BASHAM, THOMAS, HUNTER, SCOTT and OLSHOVE and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.
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 that 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 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
and other imaging technology,
and the performance of physical
modalities and rehabilitative services. The practice of
chiropractic does not include the performance of incisive surgical
procedures, the performance of an invasive procedure requiring
instrumentation that cuts or punctures the skin, 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.