Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Chapter 2 - Licensing of Physicians and Surgeons
Section 20 CSR 2150-2.165 - Chelation of No Medical or Osteopathic Value
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides clarification of the approved use of ethylinediaminetetracetic acid (EDTA).
(1) Pursuant to authority granted to the board by section 334.100.2(4)(f), RSMo, the board declares the use of ethylinediaminetetracetic acid (EDTA) chelation on a patient is of no medical or osteopathic value except for those uses approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by federal regulation.
(2) The board shall not seek disciplinary action against a licensee based solely upon a non-approved use of EDTA chelation if the licensee has the patient sign the Informed Consent for EDTA Chelation Therapy form, included herein, before beginning the non-approved use of EDTA chelation on a patient.
*Original authority: 334.100, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1959, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997.
