(1) No person shall engage or attempt to engage in the practice of chiropractic or hold himself out to be a doctor of chiropractic in Kentucky unless licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to volunteer health practitioners providing services under KRS § 39A.350 to KRS § 39A.366.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 312.018

  • chiropractic: means the science of diagnosing and adjusting or manipulating the subluxations of the articulations of the human spine and its adjacent tissues. See Kentucky Statutes 312.015
  • chiropractor: means one qualified by experience and training and licensed by the board to diagnose his patients and to treat those of his patients diagnosed as having diseases or disorders relating to subluxations of the articulations of the human spine and its adjacent tissues by indicated adjustment or manipulation of those subluxations and by applying methods of treatment designed to augment those adjustments or manipulation. See Kentucky Statutes 312.015

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a student of chiropractic from engaging in clinical practice under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor as part of the student’s educational program.
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 1, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 11, effective June 26, 2007. — Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch.
359, sec. 3, effective June 19, 1976.

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