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What Pennsylvania’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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(a) Reasons enumerated.--The board may refuse to issue a license or may suspend or revoke a license for any of the following reasons:Section 506(a) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(2) Making misleading, deceptive, untrue or fraudulent representations in the practice of chiropractic.Section 506(a)(2) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(12) Soliciting any engagement to perform professional services by any direct, in-person or uninvited soliciting through the use of coercion, duress, compulsion, intimidation, threats, overreaching or harassing conduct.Section 506(a)(12) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(18) Unconditionally guaranteeing that a cure will result from the performance of chiropractic treatment.Section 506(a)(18) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
A person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500, or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, if he commits any act declared unlawful by any other provision of this act, other than section 701, or if he:Section 702 · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(1) Makes misleading, deceptive, untrue or fraudulent representations in the practice of chiropractic.Section 702(1) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(8) Solicits any engagement to perform professional services by any direct, in-person or uninvited soliciting through the use of coercion, duress, compulsion, intimidation, threats, overreaching or harassing conduct.Section 702(8) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
Any person who has a valid license in accordance with this act may practice chiropractic and use the title "Doctor of Chiropractic" and the abbreviation "DC."Section 525 · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(a) Reasons enumerated.--The board may refuse to issue a license or may suspend or revoke a license for any of the following reasons:Section 506(a) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(17) Holding himself out as a specialist unless he possesses a postgraduate certification in that specialty.Section 506(a)(17) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(b) Representation as a licensed physical therapist.--A chiropractor shall not hold himself out in any manner to be a licensed physical therapist unless he is duly licensed under the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), known as the Physical Therapy Practice Act.Section 526(b) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(c) Use of titles.--The use of titles such as "fellow," "fellowship," "consultant," "visiting professor" or similar designations of an individual in a health care institution does not eliminate the need for proper licensure under this act for the practice of chiropractic.Section 505(c) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(a) Reasons enumerated.--The board may refuse to issue a license or may suspend or revoke a license for any of the following reasons:Section 506(a) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(15) Failing to maintain chronological documentation of patient care in accordance with regulations prescribed by the board.Section 506(a)(15) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
Nothing in this act shall prohibit a licensed chiropractor from utilizing the assistance of unlicensed supportive personnel performing under the direct on-premises supervision of a licensed chiropractor, provided that a chiropractor may not delegate any activity or duty to such unlicensed individuals which requires formal education or training in the practice of chiropractic or the knowledge and skill of a licensed chiropractor.Section 601 · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(a) Supervision; educational requirements.--On and after January 1, 1988, no auxiliary personnel shall perform radiologic procedures on the premises of a chiropractor unless such person is under the direct supervision of a chiropractor who is on the premises at the time the X-ray of the patient is taken and unless such person has passed an examination approved by the board and administered in accordance with section 812.1 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929.Section 522(a) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(c) Penalty.--It shall be unlawful under this act to knowingly permit radiologic procedures to be performed in violation of this section or in violation of the regulations promulgated or orders issued in accordance with this section.Section 522(c) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(d) Education and testing.--No auxiliary personnel who has or obtains a license, certificate or registration issued by, or on behalf of, a board within the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs shall be required to undergo any additional education or testing pursuant to this section if radiologic procedures were included in the education or the examination which he or she was required to complete successfully in order to be eligible for such license, certificate or registration.Section 522(d) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(i) This section does not apply to a student enrolled in a chiropractic education program at a chiropractic college approved by the board in accordance with section 303, provided that:Section 521(2)(i) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(A) the student is conducting chiropractic activities as part of the curriculum established by the chiropractic college; andSection 521(2)(i)(A) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
(B) the student is under the direct, immediate and personal supervision of a chiropractor licensed by the board.Section 521(2)(i)(B) · www.palegis.us · view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · read 9 October 2026
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unreadable Not read on 9 October 2026: www.pacodeandbulletin.gov · pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/049/chapter5/chap5toc.html&d= · DISALLOWED (robots 200, disallow:/); the board's page links this address as "Regulations" (49 Pa. Code Chapter 5). Not read on 9 October 2026: www.pa.gov · chiropractic · board's own site checked; no copy of the act or rules found (its "Regulations" link leads to pacodeandbulletin.gov, refused above).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.