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What Vermont’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
Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a:§ 541 · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(1) Advertising or making a representation relating to chiropractic that is intended or has a tendency to deceive the public, including advertising by a licensee that does not clearly state that the services advertised are being offered by a “chiropractor” or “chiropractic physician.”§ 541(1) · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(a) In addition to any other provision of law, the following conduct by a licensee constitutes unprofessional conduct. When that conduct is by an applicant or person who later becomes an applicant, it may constitute grounds for denial of a license or other disciplinary action. Any one of the following items or any combination of items, whether the conduct at issue was committed within or outside the State, shall constitute unprofessional conduct:3 V.S.A. § 129a(a) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(2) Advertising, including advertising about health care services, that is intended or has a tendency to deceive or mislead.3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(2) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(17) Advertising, promoting, or recommending a therapy or treatment in a manner tending to deceive the public or to suggest a degree of reliability or efficacy unsupported by competent evidence and professional judgment.3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(17) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(b) A person shall not use in connection with the person’s name any letters, words, or insignia indicating that the person is a chiropractor, chiropractic physician, or doctor of chiropractic unless the person is licensed under this chapter.§ 522(b) · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(4) “Chiropractor” or “chiropractic physician” means a person licensed under this chapter.§ 521(4) · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a:§ 541 · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(15) Failing to inform a patient verbally and to obtain signed written consent from a patient before proceeding from advertised chiropractic services for which no payment is required to chiropractic services for which payment is required.§ 541(15) · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a:§ 541 · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(5) Failure to keep written chiropractic records justifying a course of treatment for a patient, including patient histories, examination results, and test results.§ 541(5) · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(a) In addition to any other provision of law, the following conduct by a licensee constitutes unprofessional conduct. When that conduct is by an applicant or person who later becomes an applicant, it may constitute grounds for denial of a license or other disciplinary action. Any one of the following items or any combination of items, whether the conduct at issue was committed within or outside the State, shall constitute unprofessional conduct:3 V.S.A. § 129a(a) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(8) Failing to make available promptly to a person using professional health care services, that person’s representative, or succeeding health care professionals or institutions, upon written request and direction of the person using professional health care services, copies of that person’s records in the possession or under the control of the licensed practitioner, or failing to notify patients or clients how to obtain their records when a practice closes.3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(8) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(9) Failing to retain client records for a period of seven years, unless laws specific to the profession allow for a shorter retention period. When other laws or agency rules require retention for a longer period of time, the longer retention period shall apply.3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(9) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(25) For providers of clinical care to patients, failing to have in place a plan for responsible disposition of patient health records in the event the licensee should become incapacitated or unexpectedly discontinue practice.3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(25) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
A licensed chiropractic physician must provide copies of a patient’s records within 30 days, when the chiropractic physician receives a written request for the records from the patient, the patient’s representative, or succeeding health care professionals or institutions. This rule applies to patient records which are in the possession of or under the control of the chiropractic physician.7.3 · outside.vermont.gov · chiropractic_administrative_rules.pdf · read 9 October 2026
Each licensed chiropractor who provides supervision of an intern must create and retain a supervisor’s report and all records pertaining to services provided by the intern for no less than three years after the internship concludes.4.3 · outside.vermont.gov · chiropractic_administrative_rules.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(c) “Direct supervision” means: a chiropractor agrees to procedures or treatment performed by appropriate personnel by being physically present at the chiropractic facility for consultation or intervention.1.2(c) · outside.vermont.gov · chiropractic_administrative_rules.pdf · read 9 October 2026
A student enrolled in a chiropractic college approved by the Board, who has completed three years of the curriculum, may work as a chiropractic intern provided he or she is registered with the Board. A registered intern shall work under the direct supervision of a licensed chiropractor. An intern may perform activities delegated to him or her by the supervising chiropractor, including the activities described in subdivision 521(3) of this title, provided that a licensed chiropractor observes all such activities. The supervising chiropractor shall be legally liable for such activities performed by the intern.§ 536 · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(a) An intern may perform activities delegated to him or her by the supervising chiropractor, including the activities described in subdivision 521(3) of title 26 under the direct supervision of the chiropractor.4.4(a) · outside.vermont.gov · chiropractic_administrative_rules.pdf · read 9 October 2026
(a) In addition to any other provision of law, the following conduct by a licensee constitutes unprofessional conduct. When that conduct is by an applicant or person who later becomes an applicant, it may constitute grounds for denial of a license or other disciplinary action. Any one of the following items or any combination of items, whether the conduct at issue was committed within or outside the State, shall constitute unprofessional conduct:3 V.S.A. § 129a(a) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(6) Delegating professional responsibilities, including the delivery of health care services, to a person whom the licensed professional knows, or has reason to know, is not qualified by training, experience, education, or licensing credentials to perform them, or knowingly providing professional supervision or serving as a preceptor to a person who has not been licensed or registered as required by the laws of that person’s profession.3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(6) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(c) A person shall not work as a chiropractic intern unless he or she is registered as required by this chapter.§ 522(c) · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a:§ 541 · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(8) Practicing chiropractic with a chiropractor who is not legally practicing within the State, or aiding or abetting that person in the practice of chiropractic.§ 541(8) · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · read 9 October 2026
(a) In addition to any other provision of law, the following conduct by a licensee constitutes unprofessional conduct. When that conduct is by an applicant or person who later becomes an applicant, it may constitute grounds for denial of a license or other disciplinary action. Any one of the following items or any combination of items, whether the conduct at issue was committed within or outside the State, shall constitute unprofessional conduct:3 V.S.A. § 129a(a) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
(21) Permitting one’s name or license to be used by a person, group, or corporation when not actually in charge of, responsible for, or actively overseeing the professional services provided.3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(21) · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · read 9 October 2026
Shown only where the jurisdiction publishes a provision specific to chiropractic.
not found Not found in what we read on 9 October 2026. Pages read: legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · legislature.vermont.gov · 010 · legislature.vermont.gov · 00129a · outside.vermont.gov · chiropractic_administrative_rules.pdf · sos.vermont.gov · statutes-rules-resources · outside.vermont.gov · chiropractic_limitation_nasium_view_educational_update_notice.pdf · legislature.vermont.gov · 005 · legislature.vermont.gov · 005. Searched the text of 26 V.S.A. chapter 10 (sections 521 to 541), the Board of Chiropractic Administrative Rules effective July 15, 2012, 3 V.S.A. § 129a (cited in § 541 and in rules 1.2(g) and 8.2), 3 V.S.A. chapter 5 in full (linked from the board's page as Statutes Governing all Professions), the board's Statutes, Rules & Resources page and its one linked policy notice for telehealth, telemedicine, electronic, remote, virtual and online; the hits were electronic and distance formats for continuing education (rules 5.13), electronic means of prescribing (3 V.S.A. § 129a(a)(23)), the board's link to a remote-hearings procedure and "remote state" fee lines for other professions' compacts in 3 V.S.A. chapter 5, and no chiropractic telehealth provision. 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.