HOUSE BILL No. 4612


     April 10, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Griffin and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending section 16401 (MCL 333.16401).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 16401.  (1) As used in this part:

 2         (a) "Chiropractor", "chiropractic physician", "doctor of

 3    chiropractic", or "d.c." means an individual licensed under this

 4    article to engage in the practice of chiropractic.

 5         (b) "Practice of chiropractic" means that discipline within

 6    the healing arts  which  THAT deals with the nervous system and

 7    its relationship to the spinal column and  its  WITH THEIR inter-

 8    relationship with other body systems.  Practice OF CHIROPRACTIC

 9    DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PERFORMANCE OF INCISIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES,

10    THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURE REQUIRING

11    INSTRUMENTATION, OR THE DISPENSING OR PRESCRIBING OF DRUGS OR


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 1    MEDICINE.  SUBJECT TO SECTION 16423, PRACTICE of chiropractic

 2    includes:

 3         (i) Diagnosis, including spinal analysis AND EXAMINATION, to

 4    determine the existence of spinal subluxations or misalignments

 5    that produce nerve interference OR OTHER HUMAN AILMENTS, indicat-

 6    ing the necessity for chiropractic care.

 7         (ii) The adjustment of spinal subluxations or misalignments

 8    and related bones and tissues for the establishment of neural

 9    integrity utilizing the inherent recuperative powers of the body

10    for restoration and maintenance of health.

11         (iii) The use of analytical instruments, nutritional advice,

12    rehabilitative exercise,  and  adjustment apparatus WITH OR WITH-

13    OUT ASSISTIVE DEVICES regulated by rules promulgated by the board

14     pursuant to  UNDER section 16423, and the use of x-ray machines

15    in the examination of patients for the purpose of locating spinal

16    subluxations or misaligned vertebrae of the human spine.  The

17     practice of chiropractic does not include the performance of

18     incisive surgical procedures, the performance of an invasive pro-

19     cedure requiring instrumentation, or the dispensing or prescrib-

20     ing of drugs or medicine. 

21         (2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1

22    contains general definitions and principles of construction

23    applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains

24    definitions applicable to this part.









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