1. A. Licensed chiropractic physicians shall observe all health and hygiene laws and regulations of the state and its political subdivisions and shall report births and deaths to the proper authorities. Reports rendered by chiropractors shall be accepted by officers of departments or agencies to which they are made.
2. B. It is the purpose of the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act to grant to chiropractors the right to practice chiropractic as taught and practiced in standard colleges of chiropractic and to entitle the holder of a license the right to diagnose, palpate and treat injuries, deformities and other physical or mental conditions relating to the basic concepts of chiropractic by use of any methods provided in the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act, as provided in rules and regulations established and monitored by the board, but excluding operative surgery and prescription or use of controlled or dangerous drugs as provided in rules and regulations established and monitored by the board.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-3-17, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 3, § 9; 1993, ch. 198, § 8.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-4-17 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For incorporation of chiropractors under Professional Corporation Act, see 53-6-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, inserted subsection designations; substituted "chiropractic physicians" for "chiropractors" in the first sentence of Subsection A; and in Subsection B, inserted "Physician" near the beginning and substituted the language beginning "Physician Practice Act, as provided in rules" for "Practice Act, such as by application of manipulative, manual and mechanical means, including all natural agencies imbued with the healing act, such as food, water, heat, cold, electricity and drugless appliances, but excluding operative surgery and prescription or use of drugs or medicine, except that X ray, analytical instruments and routine laboratory procedures, not involving the penetration of human tissues except for blood testing, may be used for the purpose of examination" at the end.

Chiropractic as healing art. — Restriction of Section 59-18-19 (now Section 59A-22-32) NMSA 1978, prohibiting discrimination against an insured in the choice of a practitioner of the healing arts, applies to chiropractors. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-58.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61 Am. Jur. 2d Physicians, Surgeons and Other Healers §§ 44, 132.

Kind or character of treatment which may be given by one licensed as chiropractor, 86 A.L.R. 630.

Limitation on right of chiropractors and osteopathic physicians to participate in public medical welfare programs, 8 A.L.R.4th 1056.

Scope of practice of chiropractic, 16 A.L.R.4th 58.

70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers §§ 6, 7.