90-157.1. Free choice by patient guaranteed.
No agency of the State, county or municipality, nor any commission or clinic, nor any board administering relief, social security, health insurance or health service under the laws of the State of North Carolina shall deny to the recipients or beneficiaries of their aid or services the freedom to choose a duly licensed chiropractor as the provider of care or services which are within the scope of practice of the profession of chiropractic as defined in this Chapter. (1977, c. 1109, s. 3.)
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.