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What Oklahoma’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
B. The following acts or occurrences by a chiropractic physician shall constitute grounds for which the penalties specified in subsection A of this section may be imposed by order of the Board:Section 161.12(B) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
3. Using advertising in which statements are made that are fraudulent, deceitful or misleading to the public;Section 161.12(B)(3) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(9) Chiropractic physicians may advertise but shall exercise utmost care that such advertising is relevant To the selection of a chiropractic physician, is accurate, truthful, not misleading, false or deceptive, and is scrupulously correct in representing the chiropractic physician's professional status and area of special competence. Communications to the public shall not appeal primarily to an individual's anxiety or create unjustified expectations of results. Chiropractic physicians shall conform to all applicable state laws, rules and judicial decisions in connection with professional advertising;140:15-7-5(9) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(a) Only those chiropractic physicians holding a post-doctorate specialty certificate in post-graduate training and certification programs recognized by the respective specialty council specialty board, or institution may hold themselves out to the public as possessing special knowledge, skills or training as a post-doctorate specialist. Any advertisement which states that a chiropractic physician has special training or skills as being certified in a post-doctorate specialty not recognized by the respective specialty council, specialty board, or institution is engaged in deceptive and misleading advertising practices;140:15-9-6(a) · oklahoma.gov · diplomate-registry.html · read 9 October 2026
(c) Any chiropractic physician who advertises membership in or certification by any institution or entity not recognized by the Board, shall prominently include in the advertisement the following disclaimer in capital letters: "(NAME OF REFERENCED ORGANIZATION)…IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A BONA FIDE SPECIALTY ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION BY THE OKLAHOMA BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS"140:15-9-6(c) · oklahoma.gov · diplomate-registry.html · read 9 October 2026
(16) Chiropractic physicians shall not make statements which in any way reflect against a fellow licensee including statements which imply superiority over another licensee.140:15-7-5(16) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
6. "Chiropractic physician", "chiropractor", "doctor of chiropractic", "practitioner of chiropractic" and "licensee" are synonymous and mean a person holding an original license to practice chiropractic in this state;Section 161.3(6) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Every chiropractic physician who writes or prints, or causes to be written or printed, his or her name (whether or not the word “doctor” or an abbreviation thereof, is used in conjunction therewith) in any manner in connection with such person engaging in, or in any manner holding himself or herself out to the public as engaging in, the practice of chiropractic, shall append to his or her name so written or printed, in the same size letter as his or her name, one of the following designations: (1) Chiropractic Physician; (2) Doctor of Chiropractic (3) Chiropractor; or (4) D.C.140:15-7-4 · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Failure to properly use the designations listed above may result in the issuance of a field citation.140:15-7-4 · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
No chiropractic physician shall represent to the public that he/she is a specialist in any area unless said chiropractic physician is registered with the Board.140:15-9-1 · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(a) Any doctor of chiropractic in the State of Oklahoma who desires to hold himself or herself out to the public as being a post-doctorate specialist in an area must first register with the Board.140:15-9-4(a) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(b) Any chiropractic physician who advertises a specialty not recognized by the Board shall prominently include in the advertisement the following disclaimer in capital letters: "(NAME OF ANNOUNCED AREA OF CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE…IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A SPECIALTY AREA BY THE OKLAHOMA BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS"140:15-9-6(b) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Chiropractic physicians may be listed in all publications as: 1. Physicians, Chiropractic; 2. Chiropractors; or 3. Doctors of Chiropractic.Section 161.18 · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
8. Advertising or displaying, directly or indirectly, any certificate, diploma or other document which conveys or implies information that the person is skilled in any healing art other than chiropractic unless the chiropractic physician also possesses a valid current license in said healing art;Section 161.12(B)(8) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(3) Chiropractic physicians shall comply within twenty-one (21) calendar days of a patient's authorization certification to provide records, or copies of such records, to those persons whom the patient designates authorized to inspect or receive all or part of such records. A reasonable charge may be made for the cost of copying records. Unpaid charges incurred by the patient are not grounds for refusal to release records.140:15-7-5(3) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(A) After receipt of complaint, all records shall be available for inspection an copying by investigators of the Board during normal business hours.140:15-7-5(3)(A) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(B) A patient record shall be maintained for every patient under the care of the chiropractic physician and such records shall be kept confidential. Only authorized personnel shall have access to the records.140:15-7-5(3)(B) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(C)Records generally shall not be removed from the control of the chiropractic physician except upon court order or as authorized by law. Board staff shall be authorized to obtain copies or review any records to assure compliance with these rules or other parts of the Act.140:15-7-5(3)(C) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(4) A chiropractic physician shall establish a plan for custodianship of patient records in the event they are incapacitated, become deceased, are or will become unable to maintain patient records.140:15-7-5(4) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(B) A chiropractic physician who is an independent contractor or who has an ownership interest in a chiropractic practice shall provide notice as described below when leaving, selling, or retiring form the chiropractic office where the chiropractic physician has provided chiropractic services.140:15-7-5(4)(B) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Notification shall be sent to all patients who received services from the chiropractic physician during the two years immediately preceding the chiropractic physician's last date for seeing patients. This notification shall be sent no later than thirty (30) days prior to the last date the chiropractic physician expects to see patients.140:15-7-5(4)(B)(i) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
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.140:15-8-1(e) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
5. "Certified chiropractic assistant" means an unlicensed member of a chiropractic physician's team of healthcare workers who may assist a chiropractic physician in the performance of examination and therapeutic procedures and techniques necessary to deliver healthcare services to patients within the scope of chiropractic and has been certified by the Board;Section 161.3(5) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
The Board shall have practice oversight authority over certified chiropractic assistants. No chiropractic assistant shall represent to the public that he/she is a certified chiropractic assistant unless said chiropractic assistant is certified by the Board.140:30-3-1 · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(a) If an application to become a certified chiropractic assistant is approved by the Executive Director pursuant to 140:30-3-2, they must have taken a twelve (12) hour training course approved by the Board before taking the certified chiropractic assistant exam. The Board will review all training courses to ensure that they are sufficient in providing adequate and competent clinical training to the applicant. The applicant will have three (3) opportunities to pass the exam. If the exam is failed three times, the applicant will be required to take another (12) hour course before he or she can retake the exam.140:30-3-3(a) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(a) The supervisory chiropractic physician shall only delegate services to a certified chiropractic assistant, and other employees which services are within the scope of practice of the chiropractic physician. Such delegation may only be made in a manner consistent with the Chiropractic Practice Act or Rules.140:30-3-6(a) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(b) The supervisory chiropractic physician is responsible for all acts or omissions of a certified chiropractic assistant, or other employees to whom duties are delegated.140:30-3-6(b) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(e) If an applicant has a minimum of two thousand (2000) hours of full time employment as a chiropractic assistant employed by a licensed Oklahoma chiropractic physician, that applicant will be exempt from obtaining the twelve (12) hours of training prior to taking the examination the first time as required in paragraph (a) of this section.140:30-3-3(e) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(f) If an applicant has taken and successfully passed the requirements to be certified in the Certified Chiropractic Assistant Program with the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, he or she shall be exempt from having to take the required certified chiropractic assistant examination offered by the Board.140:30-3-3(f) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(a) Certified chiropractic assistants and other employees to whom duties are delegated by the supervisory physician shall not: (1) Perform independent examinations (2) Diagnose conditions (3) Determine or change a regimen of patient care/plan case management (4) Perform chiropractic manipulation or adjustments (5) Perform Acupuncture (6) Unlawfully disclose patient information (7) Violate any portion of the Chiropractic Practice Act or Rules140:30-3-7(a) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(a) A chiropractic physician who elects to incorporate his or her practice in a professional corporation pursuant to the Oklahoma Professional Corporation Act, 18 O.S. 1991, §§ 801 et seq., individually or with others, may use the corporate name of such professional corporation in said practice.140:15-7-3(a) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(b) A chiropractic physician who elects to form a limited liability company pursuant to the Oklahoma Limited Liability Act, 18 O.S.Supp. 1992, §§ 2000 et seq., may use any name lawful thereunder.140:15-7-3(b) · oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Shown only where the jurisdiction publishes a provision specific to chiropractic.
not found Not read on 9 October 2026: www.oscn.net · DISALLOWED (robots 200, disallow:/); the board's Practice Act page names this site for the official version of the act. Not read on 9 October 2026: www.sos.ok.gov · DISALLOWED (robots 200, disallow:/); the board's Practice Act page names this site for the official rules. Not found in what we read on 9 October 2026. Pages read: oklahoma.gov · Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act Revised 7.11.2025.pdf · oklahoma.gov · practice-act.html · oklahoma.gov · chiropractic.html · oklahoma.gov · events.html · oklahoma.gov · certified-chiropractic-assistant.html · oklahoma.gov · diplomate-registry.html. Searched the text of the board's unofficial copy of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act (59 O.S. Sections 161.1 to 161.20, last revision 2/8/2024) and the board rules OAC 140 (last revision 07/11/2025), and the board's Practice Act, home, consumer, certified chiropractic assistant and diplomate registry pages, for telehealth, telemedicine, electronic, remote, virtual, internet and online; the hits were secure electronic messages for patient notice (140:15-7-5(4)(B)), online and distance learning for continuing education and the board's online application portal, and no chiropractic telehealth provision. The official act (OSCN) and the official rules (Secretary of State) were refused by robots.txt and were not read. Absence in what we read is not absence in the jurisdiction’s law.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.