Okla. Admin. Code § 140:15-8-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 140:15-8-1 - Certificate of a chiropractor and animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment

(a) A chiropractic physician may engage in practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment if certified to do so by the Board. A licensed chiropractic physician may provide chiropractic treatment to an animal without being certified in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment if the animal has been referred to the chiropractic physician by a licensed veterinarian.

(b) "Animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment" means treatment that includes vertebral subluxation complex (vcs) and spinal manipulation of nonhuman vertebrates. The term "animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment" shall not be construed to allow the:

(1) use of x-rays

(2) performing surgery

(3) dispensing or administering of medications, or

(4) performance of tradition veterinary care.

(c) The Board is charged by statute to establish educational criteria for certification standards in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment. According, the Board states that the following educational criteria will be applied to any licensed chiropractic physician who requests certification in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment, The criteria shall include education and training in:

(1) Anatomy, including sacropelvic, thoracolumbar, cervical and extremity;

(2) Equine and canine adjustments;

(3) Topographical laboratory;

(4) Chiropractic basis, including history and systems review, subluxation, and vertebral subluxation complex;

(5) Veterinary basics, including anatomy as it relates to restraint and positioning, physiology, and pharmacology, metabolic and contagious diseases and lameness;

(6) Chiropractic and neurological diagnosis;

(7) Radiology and biomechanics;

(8) Proficiency in basic technique;

(9) Pathology;

(10) Podiatry, including lower limb dissection;

(11) Chiropractic and veterinary philosophy;

(12) Professional ethics and legalities; and

(13) Identification of animals.

(d) Any licensed chiropractic physician requesting certification in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment shall have completed no less than 210 hours of education and training education as set forth above.

(e) Any chiropractic physician engaged in the practice of animal chiropractic shall maintain complete and accurate records and/or patient files in their office for a minimum of three years.

Okla. Admin. Code § 140:15-8-1

Added at 20 Ok Reg 15, eff 10-8-02 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 2292, eff 7-11-03

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 23, August 15, 2019, eff. 8/25/2019