90-157.2. Chiropractor as expert witness.
A Doctor of Chiropractic, for all legal purposes, shall be considered an expert in his field and, when properly qualified, may testify in a court of law as to:
(1) The etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and disability, including anatomical, neurological, physiological, and pathological considerations within the scope of chiropractic, as defined in G.S. 90-151; and
(2) The physiological dynamics of contiguous spinal structures which can cause neurological disturbances, the chiropractic procedure preparatory to, and complementary to the correction thereof, by an adjustment of the articulations of the vertebral column and other articulations. (1977, c. 1109, s. 3; 1989, c. 555, s. 1.)
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.