Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 16 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Article 5 - General Provisions
12 AAC 16.920 - Minimum professional standards

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 16.920

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) Chiropractic care that may adversely affect the health and welfare of the public constitutes conduct that does not conform to minimum professional standards established under AS 08.20.170(a)(5) and this section. Conduct that does not conform to minimum professional standards in this chapter includes

(1) failing to use sufficient knowledge, skills, or judgment in the practice of chiropractic;

(2) failing to perform patient care within the chiropractor's scope of competence, which are necessary to prevent substantial risk or harm to a patient;

(3) engaging in patient care outside the scope of chiropractic practice;

(4) engaging in patient care outside the scope of the chiropractor's training and expertise;

(5) violating established protocols in the delivery of chiropractic treatment or care;

(6) violating the confidentiality of information or knowledge concerning a patient;

(7) physically or verbally abusing a patient;

(8) failing to maintain a record for a patient that accurately reflects the chiropractic problems and interventions for the patient;

(9) falsifying a patient's records;

(10) intentionally making an incorrect entry in a patient's chart;

(11) discrimination in the provision of chiropractic care on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, or sex;

(12) exploiting a patient for financial gain or offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving fees for referral of a patient;

(13) knowingly violating laws regulating health insurance, including those laws established in AS 21.36.360;

(14) using unsanitary or unsafe equipment;

(15) failing to adhere to the Code of Ethics of the American Chiropractic Association, as revised as of September 2007, adopted by reference;

(16) failing to provide copies of complete patient records in the licensee's custody and control within 30 days after receipt of a written request for the records from the patient or patient's guardian.

(b) A licensee shall evaluate patient care on an individual basis and make a reasonable judgment on the course of treatment for each patient.

A copy of the Code of Ethics of the American Chiropractic Association, September 2007 edition, adopted by reference in 12 AAC 16.920(a) is available for inspection at the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, State Office Building, 9th Floor, 333 Willoughby Avenue, Juneau, Alaska, or may be obtained from the American Chiropractic Association, 1701 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209; telephone: (703)276-8800; website at http://www.acatoday.org.

Authority:AS 08.20.055

AS 08.20.100

AS 08.20.170

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