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What Texas’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
(a) The board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the board except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by that person.Sec. 201.155(a) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(a) The board may refuse to admit a person to examinations and may revoke or suspend a license or place a license holder on probation for a period determined by the board for:Sec. 201.502(a) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(9) using an advertising statement that is false or that tends to mislead or deceive the public;Sec. 201.502(a)(9) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(11) advertising professional superiority, or advertising the performance of professional services in a superior manner, if that advertising is not readily subject to verification;Sec. 201.502(a)(11) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(19) failing to clearly differentiate a chiropractic office or clinic from another business or enterprise;Sec. 201.502(a)(19) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(20) personally soliciting a patient or causing a patient to be solicited by the use of a case history of another patient of another chiropractor;Sec. 201.502(a)(20) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(21) using for the purpose of soliciting patients an accident report prepared by a peace officer in a manner prohibited by Section 38.12 , Penal Code;Sec. 201.502(a)(21) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(a) The board may refuse to admit a person to examinations and may revoke or suspend a license or place a license holder on probation for a period determined by the board for:Sec. 201.502(a) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(22) advertising using the term "physician" or "chiropractic physician" or any combination or derivation of the term "physician"; orSec. 201.502(a)(22) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(22), the term "chiropractic physician" may be used for the express purpose of filing a claim for necessary services within the definition of chiropractic under this chapter if the billing for the services has universally applied, predetermined coding or description requirements that are a prerequisite to appropriate reimbursement.Sec. 201.502(b) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(b) A person practices chiropractic under this chapter if the person:Sec. 201.002(b) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(4) uses the term "chiropractor," "chiropractic," "doctor of chiropractic," "D.C.," or any derivative of those terms or initials in connection with the person's name.Sec. 201.002(b)(4) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
Sec. 201.003. APPLICATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS. (a) This chapter does not apply to a registered nurse licensed under Chapter 301 , a vocational nurse licensed under Chapter 301 , a person who provides spinal screening services as authorized by Chapter 37 , Health and Safety Code, a physical therapist licensed under Chapter 453 , or a massage therapist or a massage therapy instructor qualified and registered under Chapter 455 if:Sec. 201.003(a) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(1) the person does not represent to the public that the person is a chiropractor or use the term "chiropractor," "chiropractic," "doctor of chiropractic," "D.C.," or any derivative of those terms or initials in connection with the person's name or practice; andSec. 201.003(a)(1) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(2) the person practices strictly within the scope of the license or registration held in compliance with all laws relating to the license and registration.Sec. 201.003(a)(2) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(b) Records of the identity, diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a patient by a chiropractor that are created or maintained by a chiropractor are confidential and privileged and may not be disclosed except as provided by this subchapter.Sec. 201.402(b) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(f) A chiropractor shall furnish copies of chiropractic records or a summary or narrative of the records requested under a written consent for release of the information. The chiropractor shall furnish the information within a reasonable time. The patient or a person acting on the patient's behalf shall pay a reasonable fee for the information provided by the chiropractor. The chiropractor may delete confidential information about another person who has not consented to the release.Sec. 201.405(f) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(g) A chiropractor who determines that access to information requested under Subsection (f) would be harmful to the physical, mental, or emotional health of the patient may refuse to release the information requested under this section.Sec. 201.405(g) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(b) The board shall adopt rules to prevent fraud in the practice of chiropractic, including rules relating to:Sec. 201.1555(b) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(2) records required to be maintained in connection with the practice of chiropractic.Sec. 201.1555(b)(2) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
Sec. 201.451. DELEGATION TO ASSISTANTS. (a) The board by rule shall establish guidelines relating to the tasks and procedures that a chiropractor may delegate to an assistant.Sec. 201.451(a) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(b) A chiropractor who delegates a task or procedure under this section retains full responsibility for the task or procedure.Sec. 201.451(b) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(c) The board shall implement any federal and state requirements relating to radiologic training of the employees of a chiropractor.Sec. 201.452(c) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(c) This section does not affect or prevent a student enrolled in a college of chiropractic in this state from engaging in all phases of clinical practice if the practice is:Sec. 201.003(c) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(1) part of the curriculum; andSec. 201.003(c)(1) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(2) conducted under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor or a licensed physician.Sec. 201.003(c)(2) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
Sec. 201.5025. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY CHIROPRACTOR OR LICENSE APPLICANT. (a) A chiropractor or an applicant for a license to practice chiropractic commits a prohibited practice if that person:Sec. 201.5025(a) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
(7) directly or indirectly aids or abets the practice of chiropractic by a person that is not licensed to practice chiropractic by the board.Sec. 201.5025(a)(7) · tcss.legis.texas.gov · OC.201.htm · read 9 October 2026
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