151.8 Training in procedures used in practice.
1. A chiropractor shall not use in the chiropractor’s practice the procedures otherwise authorized by law unless the chiropractor has received training in their use by a college of chiropractic offering courses of instructions approved by the board or by curriculum taught on a postgraduate level approved by the board.
2. Any chiropractor licensed as of July 1, 1974, may use the procedures authorized by law if the chiropractor files with the board an affidavit that the chiropractor has completed the necessary training and is fully qualified in these procedures and possesses that degree of proficiency and will exercise that care which is common to physicians in this state.
3. A chiropractor using the additional procedures and practices authorized by this chapter shall be held to the standard of care applicable to any other health care practitioner in this state.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §151.8]
83 Acts, ch 83, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §123; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §62
Referred to in §151.1
Structure Iowa Code
Section 151.1 - “Chiropractic” defined.
Section 151.1A - Board defined.
Section 151.2 - Persons not engaged in.
Section 151.4 - Approved college.
Section 151.5 - Operative surgery — drugs.
Section 151.6 - Display of word “chiropractor”.
Section 151.7 - Probation — advertising restrictions.
Section 151.8 - Training in procedures used in practice.
Section 151.9 - Revocation or suspension of license.