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Montana: the business of practice

What Montana’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.

Advertising · Titles and claims · Prepaid care and financial arrangements · Discounts, free services and inducements · Record retention · Assistants and delegation · Corporate practice and ownership · Telehealth

1. Advertising

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  • (1) The following is unprofessional conduct for a licensee or license applicant governed by this part:37-1-316(1) · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0010-0030-0160.html · read 9 October 2026
  • (g) a misleading, deceptive, false, or fraudulent advertisement or other representation in the conduct of the profession or occupation;37-1-316(1)(g) · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0010-0030-0160.html · read 9 October 2026
  • (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other provision of this title governing unprofessional conduct of a licensee or a license applicant under this title, it is not unprofessional conduct for a licensee or a license applicant under this title to engage in the exercise of rights protected under the free exercise clause or the free speech clause of the Montana constitution or the United States constitution.37-1-316(2) · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0010-0030-0160.html · read 9 October 2026
Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes). Not read on 9 October 2026: boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · CH-126-CHI-as-of-06-30-2021.pdf · board copy as of June 30, 2021, marked NOT AN OFFICIAL VERSION; ARM 24.126.2301 was amended after that date by MAR Notice No. 24-126-39 (HTTP 200).

2. Titles and claims

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  • (1) Chiropractors licensed under this chapter shall have the right to practice that science defined as chiropractic under 37-12-101 in accordance with the method, thought, and practice of chiropractors, and they shall be permitted to use the prefix "Dr." or "Doctor" as a title but shall not in any way imply that they are medical doctors, osteopaths, or surgeons.37-12-104(1) · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0040.html · read 9 October 2026
Further provisions in the same documents: 37-12-309 (leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0090.html). Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes).

3. Prepaid care and financial arrangements

quoted Further provisions in the same documents: 24.126.412(1)(a), (b), (c) (boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf). Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes). Not read on 9 October 2026: boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · CH-126-CHI-as-of-06-30-2021.pdf · board copy as of June 30, 2021, marked NOT AN OFFICIAL VERSION; ARM 24.126.412 was amended after that date by MAR Notice No. 24-126-39 (HTTP 200).

4. Discounts, free services and inducements

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  • (3) It is unprofessional conduct for a licensee to engage in the following billing misconduct:24.126.2301(3) (MAR Notice No. 24-126-39) · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf · read 9 October 2026
  • (a) giving or receiving money for referring patients to a company or another professional, also known as "fee splitting";24.126.2301(3)(a) (MAR Notice No. 24-126-39) · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf · read 9 October 2026
  • (b) charging or collecting from a private insurance company or government-funded insurance program the costs of treatment and waiving a patient's deductible or co-payment in the absence of a documented financial hardship;24.126.2301(3)(b) (MAR Notice No. 24-126-39) · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf · read 9 October 2026
  • (c) charging different fees to insurance companies and patients. A discounted fee to a patient must result in billing the same to the third-party payor; and24.126.2301(3)(c) (MAR Notice No. 24-126-39) · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf · read 9 October 2026
  • (d) charging a patient a clearly excessive fee or charging for services not rendered or not fully rendered.24.126.2301(3)(d) (MAR Notice No. 24-126-39) · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf · read 9 October 2026
  • 4. The agency has amended ARM 24.126.301, 24.126.401, 24.126.412, 24.126.504, 24.126.511, 24.126.515, 24.126.701, 24.126.704, 24.126.2103, and 24.126.2301 as proposed.Montana Administrative Register 12-6/21/24 (no section number printed), item 4 · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39adp-arm-Final-Notice.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes). Not read on 9 October 2026: boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · CH-126-CHI-as-of-06-30-2021.pdf · board copy as of June 30, 2021, marked NOT AN OFFICIAL VERSION; ARM 24.126.2301 was amended after that date by MAR Notice No. 24-126-39 (HTTP 200).

5. Record retention

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  • 24.126.411 PATIENT RECORDS RETENTION (1) Except as provided in ARM 24.126.2304, chiropractors must retain adult patient records and x-rays for a minimum of seven years and a minor patient's records and x-rays for a minimum of seven years from their last treatment or at least one year past their 18th birthday.24.126.411 · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · CH-126-CHI-as-of-06-30-2021.pdf · read 9 October 2026
  • A health care provider shall maintain a record of existing health care information for at least 1 year following receipt of an authorization to disclose that health care information under 50-16-526 and during the pendency of a request for examination and copying under 50-16-541 or a request for correction or amendment under 50-16-543.50-16-513 · leg.mt.gov · 0500-0160-0050-0130.html · read 9 October 2026
Further provisions in the same documents: 24.126.2301(2)(j) (boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf); 37-12-322(2) (leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0220.html). Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes).

6. Assistants and delegation

quoted Further provisions in the same documents: 37-12-104(2) (leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0040.html); 24.126.2301(2)(i) (boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf); 37-1-316(1)(q) (leg.mt.gov · 0370-0010-0030-0160.html); 24.126.301(1) (boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf); 24.126.704(2) (boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf); 24.126.704(5)(a), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h) (boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf); 24.126.515(5) (boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · CH-126-CHI-as-of-06-30-2021.pdf). Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes). Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · a85eb384-abd2-49ef-929f-a8a7414ded5f · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes).

7. Corporate practice and ownership

not found Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes). Not found in what we read on 9 October 2026. Pages read: leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0010.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0020.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0030.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0040.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0020-0010.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0020-0020.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0010.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0020.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0040.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0080.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0090.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0220.html · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · CH-126-CHI-as-of-06-30-2021.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-38adp-arm.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39adp-arm-Final-Notice.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 2025-264pro-arm.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 2025-117pro-arm-Contingent-Litigation-Fund.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · regulations · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · administrative-rules · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · statutes · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · rule-notices · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0010-0030-0160.html. Read MCA 37-12-101 to 37-12-322 (sections in force) and ARM chapter 126 as the board publishes it: the board copy as of June 30, 2021, with the amendments, new rules and repeals of MAR Notices 24-126-38 and 24-126-39 (new and deleted text told apart by the strike and underline marks in the PDF) and the two 2025 proposal notices on the board's Rule Notices page. Searched for corporat, own, ownership, entity, partnership, employ, professional service, limited liability and management; the occurrences concern board organization, fees, employment of auxiliary assistants (NEW RULE II) and federal employers of temporary licensees, and no provision on who owns a chiropractic practice was found. Reach: the chiropractic act, the board's rules, the board's own pages, and 37-1-316, which MAR Notice 24-126-39 cites. Absence in what we read is not absence in the jurisdiction’s law.

8. Telehealth

Shown only where the jurisdiction publishes a provision specific to chiropractic.

not found Not read on 9 October 2026: rules.mt.gov · ffacabca-2c42-4cb7-aa39-8ff8d8c5d79c · JavaScript shell, no document (HTTP 200, 894 bytes). Not found in what we read on 9 October 2026. Pages read: leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0010.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0020.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0030.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0010-0040.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0020-0010.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0020-0020.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0010.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0020.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0040.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0080.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0090.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0120-0030-0220.html · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · CH-126-CHI-as-of-06-30-2021.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-38adp-arm.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39pro-arm.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 24-126-39adp-arm-Final-Notice.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 2025-264pro-arm.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · 2025-117pro-arm-Contingent-Litigation-Fund.pdf · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · regulations · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · administrative-rules · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · statutes · boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov · rule-notices · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0020-0030-0050.html · leg.mt.gov · 0370-0010-0030-0160.html. Read MCA 37-12-101 to 37-12-322 (sections in force) and ARM chapter 126 as the board publishes it: the board copy as of June 30, 2021, with the amendments, new rules and repeals of MAR Notices 24-126-38 and 24-126-39 (new and deleted text told apart by the strike and underline marks in the PDF) and the two 2025 proposal notices on the board's Rule Notices page. Searched for telehealth, telemedicine, electronic and remote; the only telehealth provision found is 37-2-305 (any person licensed under Title 37), which is not chiropractic-specific. Reach: the chiropractic act, the board's rules, the board's own pages, the Title 37 chapter 2 the board's Statutes page links, and 37-1-316, whose (1)(u) on electronic means concerns registry identification card certifications. Absence in what we read is not absence in the jurisdiction’s law.

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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.