As used in this part:

1. (1) “Analysis” is construed by the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to mean and encompass the gathering and sorting out of certain physiological data, whether of a whole or a material substance, or any matter of thought, whether from history gathering to help determine the nature of disease, injury, deformity, or any other abnormality whatsoever, an examination of symptoms, lesions, of body fluids and tissues for the purpose of diagnosis of any disease process, injury, or abnormality of human beings;

2. (2)

   1. (A) “Diagnosis” is understood by the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to mean the use of scientific and skillful methods to establish the cause and nature of a sick person's:

      1. (i) Disease;
      2. (ii) Malady;
      3. (iii) Injury; or
      4. (iv) Deformity.

   2. (B) It encompasses the:

      1. (i) Evaluation of the history;
      2. (ii) Signs and symptoms present;
      3. (iii) Laboratory data; and
      4. (iv) Use of special tests, such as X-rays or other analytical instruments;

3. (3)

   1. (A) “Examination” is understood by the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to be the act or process of examining the body to determine the presence or absence of disease or injury or to arrive at a diagnosis.
   2. (B) It encompasses, but is not limited to, historical, physical, clinical, chemical, electrical, or roentgenological means necessary to arrive at a diagnosis or analysis of any malady or abnormality of human beings.
   3. (C) It does not include incisive surgery;

4. (4)

   1. (A) Ownership of X-rays, photographs, and medical records.
   2. (B) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners confirms judicial decisions that X-rays, photographs, and medical records belong to the doctor, clinic, or institution originating such records (McGarry v. J.A. Mercier Co., 272 Mich. 501, 262 N.W. 296 (1935)); and

5. (5)

   1. (A) “Supportive procedures” means those procedures that do not conflict with the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, Arkansas Code § 17-81-101 et seq., and that aid the chiropractic physician in removing interference with the transmission or expression of nerve force in the human body for the purpose of restoration and maintenance of health.
   2. (B) The option to use supportive procedures shall be left to the judgment of the individual chiropractic physician and shall not be required.