Indiana Code 25-10-1-14. Necessity of license; injunction or order; physical therapists
(b) A person may manually manipulate, manually adjust, or manually mobilize the spinal column or the vertebral column of an individual only if the person is:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-10-1-14
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Board: means the board of chiropractic examiners under section 1. See Indiana Code 25-10-1-1
- Chiropractic: means the examination, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of human ailments and conditions of any interference with normal nerve transmission and expression, the procedure preparatory to and complementary to the correction thereof by an adjustment or manipulation of the articulations of the vertebral column, its immediate articulation, including other incidental means of adjustments of the spinal column, extremities, and musculoskeletal soft tissues of the body without the use of prescription drugs or surgery. See Indiana Code 25-10-1-1
- Chiropractor: means any person who is qualified under this chapter to practice the science of chiropractic. See Indiana Code 25-10-1-1
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) a physician who has been issued an unlimited license to practice medicine under IC 25-22.5; or
(3) an osteopathic physician who has been issued a license to practice osteopathic medicine under IC 25-22.5.
(c) A person may not delegate the manual manipulation, manual adjustment, or manual mobilization of the spinal column or the vertebral column of an individual to another person, unless the other person is:
(1) licensed as a chiropractor under this chapter;
(2) licensed as a physician with an unlimited license to practice medicine under IC 25-22.5;
(3) licensed as an osteopathic physician with a license to practice osteopathic medicine under IC 25-22.5;
(4) a student in the final year of course work at an accredited chiropractic school participating in a preceptorship program and working under the direct supervision of a chiropractor licensed under this chapter; or
(5) a graduate of a chiropractic school who holds a valid temporary permit issued under section 5.5 of this chapter.
(d) If a violation of subsection (b) or (c) is being committed:
(1) the board in its own name;
(2) the board in the name of the state; or
(3) the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the violation occurs, at the request of the board and in the name of the state;
may apply for an order enjoining the violation from the circuit court, superior court, or probate court of the county in which the violation occurs.
(e) Upon a showing that a person has violated subsection (b) or (c), the court may grant without bond an injunction, a restraining order, or other appropriate order.
(f) This section does not apply to a physical therapist practicing under IC 25-27. However, a physical therapist may not practice chiropractic (as defined in IC 25-10-1-1) or medicine (as defined in IC 25-22.5-1-1.1) unless licensed to do so.
As added by P.L.245-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.235-1989, SEC.4; P.L.33-1993, SEC.19; P.L.84-2016, SEC.104.