90-154.3. Acceptable care in the practice of chiropractic.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a doctor of chiropractic to examine, treat, or render any professional service to a patient that does not conform to the standards of acceptable care.
(b) For purposes of disciplinary action, the Board of Chiropractic Examiners may adopt rules that establish and define standards of acceptable care with respect to:
(1) Examination and diagnosis.
(2) The use of chiropractic treatment.
(3) Physiological therapeutic agents.
(4) Diagnostic radiology.
(5) The maintenance of patient records.
(6) Sanitation, safety, and the adequacy of clinical equipment.
(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2021-120, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2021.
(d) Nothing in this section shall alter the lawful scope of practice of chiropractic as defined in G.S. 90-143 or the limitation of license as defined in G.S. 90-151. (1985, c. 760, s. 5; 1995, c. 188, s. 3; 2021-120, s. 1(a).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
§ 90-139 - Creation and membership of North Carolina State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
§ 90-140 - Selection of chiropractic members of Board.
§ 90-141 - Organization; quorum.
§ 90-142.1 - Supervised training programs authorized.
§ 90-143 - Definitions of chiropractic; examinations; educational requirements.
§ 90-143.1 - Applicants licensed in other states.
§ 90-143.2 - Certification of diagnostic imaging technicians.
§ 90-143.3 - Criminal record checks of applicants for licensure.
§ 90-143.4 - Chiropractic clinical assistants; certification of competency.
§ 90-144 - Meetings of the North Carolina State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
§ 90-146 - Graduates from other states.
§ 90-147 - Practice without license a misdemeanor; injunctions.
§ 90-151 - Extent and limitation of license.
§ 90-151.1 - Selling nutritional supplements to patients.
§ 90-153 - Licensed chiropractors may practice in public hospitals.
§ 90-154 - Grounds for professional discipline.
§ 90-154.2 - Unethical conduct.
§ 90-154.3 - Acceptable care in the practice of chiropractic.
§ 90-155 - Annual fee for renewal of license.
§ 90-156 - Pay of Board and authorized expenditures.
§ 90-157 - Chiropractors subject to State and municipal regulations.
§ 90-157.1 - Free choice by patient guaranteed.
§ 90-157.2 - Chiropractor as expert witness.