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What Connecticut’s statute, administrative rules and chiropractic board publish on eight topics of running a practice, quoted as published, each with its citation as printed, its source and the date we read it. Read on 9 October 2026.
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(2) The terms “chiropractic”, “doctor of chiropractic”, “chiropractor” and “chiropractic physician” are synonymous, and mean a practitioner of chiropractic as defined in subdivision (1) of this section.Sec. 20-24. · www.cga.ct.gov · chap_372.htm · read 9 October 2026
(a) No licensee under the provisions of this chapter shall use the title “Doctor” or any abbreviation or synonym thereof unless he or she holds the degree of doctor of chiropractic from a chartered chiropractic school or college, in which event the title shall be such as will designate the licensee as a practitioner of chiropractic.Sec. 20-32. · www.cga.ct.gov · chap_372.htm · read 9 October 2026
Any person, except a physician or surgeon licensed under the provisions of chapter 370, who practices or attempts to practice chiropractic, or any person, including such physician or surgeon, who buys, sells or fraudulently obtains any diploma or license to practice chiropractic, whether recorded or not, or who uses the title “Chiropractor”, “D.C.”, or any word or title to induce the belief that he is engaged in the practice of chiropractic, without complying with the provisions of this chapter, or any person who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a class D felony.Sec. 20-33. · www.cga.ct.gov · chap_372.htm · read 9 October 2026
For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.Sec. 20-33. · www.cga.ct.gov · chap_372.htm · read 9 October 2026
Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.Sec. 20-33. · www.cga.ct.gov · chap_372.htm · read 9 October 2026
Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes and Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, practitioners of the healing arts are required to maintain medical records for a specific period of time.Access to Medical Records (no section number printed) · portal.ct.gov · access-to-medical-records · read 9 October 2026
A provider shall furnish a health record request pursuant to this section within thirty days of the request.Access to Medical Records (no section number printed) · portal.ct.gov · access-to-medical-records · read 9 October 2026
No health care provider, who has purchased or assumed the practice of a provider who is retiring or deceased, may refuse to return original records or copied records to a patient who decides not to seek care from the successor provider.Access to Medical Records (no section number printed) · portal.ct.gov · access-to-medical-records · read 9 October 2026
When returning records to a patient who has decided not to seek care from a successor provider, such provider may not charge a patient for costs incurred in copying the records of the retired or deceased provider.Access to Medical Records (no section number printed) · portal.ct.gov · access-to-medical-records · read 9 October 2026
No provider shall refuse to return to a patient original records or copies of records that the patient has brought to the provider from another provider.Access to Medical Records (no section number printed) · portal.ct.gov · access-to-medical-records · read 9 October 2026
When returning records to a patient, a provider may retain copies of such records for the provider's file, provided such provider does not charge the patient for the costs incurred in copying such records.Access to Medical Records (no section number printed) · portal.ct.gov · access-to-medical-records · read 9 October 2026
Shown only where the jurisdiction publishes a provision specific to chiropractic.
unreadable Not read on 9 October 2026: eregulations.ct.gov · Title_20Subtitle_20-32b · JavaScript shell, no document. Not read on 9 October 2026: eregulations.ct.gov · Title_19aSubtitle_19a-9_HTML · JavaScript shell, no document. Not read on 9 October 2026: eregulations.ct.gov · Title_19aSubtitle_19a-14Section_19a-14-40 · JavaScript shell, no document. Not read on 9 October 2026: portal.ct.gov · State-Board-of-Chiropractic-Examiners · board's own site checked; no copy of the rules found (the act is linked on cga.ct.gov and read).The jurisdiction is the authority on everything here. These pages quote what the statute, the rules and the board publish and the date we read them; they do not interpret it. Laws and rules change. Confirm anything you intend to act on with the board.