Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4734 - Chiropractors

• Section 4734.01 - Practice Of Chiropractic Defined.
  As used in this chapter, the "practice of chiropractic" means utilization of the relationship between the musculo-skeletal structures of the body, the spinal column,...
• Section 4734.02 - Organization Of State Chiropractic Board.
  The chiropractic examining board is hereby renamed the state chiropractic board. Any reference in the Revised Code to the chiropractic examining board means the...
• Section 4734.03 - Compensation And Expenses Of Members.
  Each member of the state chiropractic board shall be paid at the appropriate rate for those days on which the member's services or duties...
• Section 4734.04 - Meetings - Records.
  (A) The state chiropractic board shall hold its annual meeting in this state in September of each year and shall hold other meetings at...
• Section 4734.05 - Officers Of Board.
  (A) The state chiropractic board shall organize by electing from its members a president. The president shall hold office for two years and until...
• Section 4734.06 - Committees, Groups.
  The state chiropractic board may appoint committees or other groups to assist it in fulfilling its duties. A committee or group may consist of...
• Section 4734.07 - Immunity.
  In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the state chiropractic board, a current or former board member, an agent of the board, a...
• Section 4734.08 - Membership In Federation Of Chiropractic Licensing Boards.
  The state chiropractic board shall become a member of the federation of chiropractic licensing boards. The board may participate in any of the federation's...
• Section 4734.09 - Contracts.
  The board may enter into contracts with any person or government entity to carry out the intent of this chapter and the rules adopted...
• Section 4734.091 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4734.17.
  Effective Date: 04-10-2001
• Section 4734.10 - Administrative Rules.
  In addition to rules that are required by this chapter to be adopted, the state chiropractic board may adopt any other rules necessary to...
• Section 4734.101 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4734.37.
  Effective Date: 04-10-2001
• Section 4734.11 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4734.38.
  Effective Date: 04-10-2001
• Section 4734.12 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4734.34.
  Effective Date: 04-10-2001
• Section 4734.13 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4734.46.
  Effective Date: 04-10-2001
• Section 4734.14 - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage in the practice of chiropractic without a current, valid...
• Section 4734.141 - Certificate Required To Practice Acupuncture.
  Except for individuals described in section 4762.02 of the Revised Code, no person who holds a license to practice chiropractic issued by the state...
• Section 4734.142 - Prohibited Acts By Acupuncture Licensee.
  No person who holds a certificate to practice acupuncture issued by the state chiropractic board under section 4734.283 of the Revised Code shall do...
• Section 4734.15 - Scope Of Practice Of Chiropractic - Permissible Titles.
  (A) The license provided for in this chapter shall entitle the holder thereof to practice chiropractic in this state. All of the following apply...
• Section 4734.16 - Establishing Code Of Ethics.
  The state chiropractic board may establish a code of ethics that applies to chiropractors and their practice of chiropractic and acupuncture under this chapter....
• Section 4734.161 - Enabling Person To Retain Handicapped Parking Privileges.
  No chiropractor shall do either of the following: (A) Furnish a person with a prescription in order to enable the person to be issued...
• Section 4734.17 - Offering Services Through Authorized Business Entity.
  (A) An individual whom the state chiropractic board licenses to engage in the practice of chiropractic or certifies to practice acupuncture may render the...
• Section 4734.18 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4734.54.
  Effective Date: 04-10-2001
• Section 4734.19 - Current Copy Of Statutes And Rules.
  A chiropractor shall retain at the chiropractor's primary practice location a current copy of the statutes and rules governing the practice of chiropractic and...
• Section 4734.20 - License Application.
  (A) Except for persons seeking to practice chiropractic under a special limited license issued pursuant to section 4734.27 of the Revised Code, each person...
• Section 4734.201 - Physiotherapy Defined.
  As used in division (B) of section 4734.20 of the Revised Code, "physiotherapy" is a reference to a particular section of the examination offered...
• Section 4734.202 - License Applicant To Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
  (A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised...
• Section 4734.21 - Evaluation And Approval Of Schools And Colleges.
  The state chiropractic board shall evaluate schools and colleges of chiropractic and approve those institutions that it determines are capable of adequately training individuals...
• Section 4734.211 - Approved Courses Of Study In Acupuncture.
  (A) In consultation with the state medical board, the state chiropractic board shall approve courses of study in acupuncture that prepare a chiropractor licensed...
• Section 4734.22 - Administering Examination On Jurisprudence.
  The state chiropractic board or its representative shall administer an examination on jurisprudence, as it relates to the practice of chiropractic, for individuals who...
• Section 4734.23 - Reciprocity With Other States.
  (A) A person licensed by another state or country in the practice of chiropractic may apply under this section for a license to practice...
• Section 4734.24 - Certificate Holders On 11-3-75.
  Any person who was actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in this state on November 3, 1975, who, on that date, held a...
• Section 4734.25 - License Renewal.
  A license to practice chiropractic from the state chiropractic board expires biennially in accordance with the schedule established in rules adopted under this section...
• Section 4734.26 - Inactive License Classification.
  (A) An individual licensed under this chapter who intends not to practice in this state for an extended period may send to the state...
• Section 4734.27 - Special Limited License To Practice Chiropractic.
  (A) To the extent it is in the public interest, the state chiropractic board may issue, without examination, a special limited license to practice...
• Section 4734.28 - Acupuncture And Moxibustion Defined.
  As used in sections 4734.28 to 4734.286 of the Revised Code: (A) "Acupuncture" means a form of health care performed by the insertion and...
• Section 4734.281 - Practice Of Acupuncture By Chiropractors.
  Except in cases where a chiropractor holds a certificate issued under section 4762.04 of the Revised Code or is an individual described in division...
• Section 4734.282 - Application For Certificate To Practice Acupuncture.
  (A) A chiropractor licensed under this chapter seeking a certificate to practice acupuncture shall file with the state chiropractic board a written application on...
• Section 4734.283 - Issuance Of Acupuncture Certificate.
  If the state chiropractic board determines under section 4734.282 of the Revised Code that an applicant meets the requirements for a certificate to practice...
• Section 4734.284 - Renewal Of Acupuncture Certificate.
  A chiropractor seeking to renew a certificate to practice acupuncture shall follow the standard renewal procedures of Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code and...
• Section 4734.285 - Advertisement Of Certification To Practice Acupuncture.
  A chiropractor who holds a certificate to practice acupuncture issued under this chapter may represent or advertise the chiropractor to be a "chiropractor certified...
• Section 4734.286 - Cessation Of Acupuncture Practice - Inactive Certificate.
  (A) A chiropractor who holds a certificate to practice acupuncture issued under this chapter who intends not to practice acupuncture in this state for...
• Section 4734.31 - Disciplinary Actions By Board.
  (A) The state chiropractic board may take any of the actions specified in division (B) of this section against an individual who has applied...
• Section 4734.311 - Effect Of Child Support Default On License.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state chiropractic board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50...
• Section 4734.32 - Reports Of Disciplinary Actions By Health Care Facility.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, if formal disciplinary action is taken against a chiropractor by any health care...
• Section 4734.34 - Applying For Restoration Of License.
  An individual subject to an action taken under section 4734.31 of the Revised Code, other than permanent revocation of a license to practice chiropractic...
• Section 4734.35 - Prosecutor's Report Of Convictions.
  (A) As used in this section, "prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The prosecutor in any...
• Section 4734.36 - Automatic Suspension Upon Guilty Plea Or Conviction.
  A chiropractor who in this state pleads guilty to or is convicted of aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery,...
• Section 4734.37 - Summary Suspension Of License.
  If the state chiropractic board determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that a person who has been granted a license to practice...
• Section 4734.38 - Suspension For Mental Illness Or Incompetency.
  If any person who has been granted a license to practice chiropractic and, if applicable, certificate to practice acupuncture under this chapter is adjudged...
• Section 4734.39 - Ability To Practice Impaired.
  (A) For purposes of the state chiropractic board's enforcement of division (C)(16) or (17) of section 4734.31 of the Revised Code, an individual who...
• Section 4734.40 - Establishing Standards For Approving Treatment Providers For Impaired Chiropractors.
  (A) The state chiropractic board may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards for approving treatment providers for...
• Section 4734.41 - Establishing Chemical Dependency And Mental Illness Monitoring Program.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Chemical dependency" means either of the following: (a) The chronic and habitual use of alcoholic beverages to...
• Section 4734.42 - Development And Implementation Of Quality Intervention Program.
  Pursuant to the state chiropractic board's investigative authority established under this chapter, the board shall develop and implement a quality intervention program designed to...
• Section 4734.45 - Investigations - Confidential Information.
  (A) The state chiropractic board shall investigate evidence that appears to show that a person has violated any provision of this chapter or the...
• Section 4734.46 - Hearing And Investigation Procedures.
  All of the following apply to the investigations, inquiries, and hearings that the state chiropractic board is empowered to hold or undertake: (A) An...
• Section 4734.47 - Enforcement Officer.
  (A) The executive director of the state chiropractic board shall function as the chief enforcement officer of the board and shall enforce the laws...
• Section 4734.48 - Service Of Process - Procedure For Discovery.
  (A) For purposes of enforcing this chapter, the state chiropractic board or any of its members, the board's executive director, and any person authorized...
• Section 4734.49 - Injunctions.
  (A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a violation of this chapter is committed or is threatened to be...
• Section 4734.50 - Notice Or Warnings For Minor Violations.
  This chapter does not require the state chiropractic board to act on minor violations of this chapter or the rules adopted under it, if...
• Section 4734.53 - Fines.
  All fines collected for violation of section 4734.14 or 4734.161 of the Revised Code shall be distributed as follows: one half to the state...
• Section 4734.54 - Depositing Receipts.
  All moneys received by the state chiropractic board shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the occupational licensing and regulatory fund....
• Section 4734.55 - Providing Information - Duplicate License.
  The state chiropractic board shall provide a duplicate license to practice chiropractic or certificate to practice acupuncture to a license or certificate holder on...
• Section 4734.56 - Fees In Excess Of Statutory Amounts.
  The state chiropractic board, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts specified in this chapter,...
• Section 4734.57 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The state chiropractic board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff. 3/22/2013.
• Section 4734.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 4734.14 or 4734.141 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense,...

Last modified: October 10, 2016