New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter E - Medical Care
Article 3 - Policies and Standards Governing Provision of Medical and Dental Care
Part 510 - Chiropractic Services
Section 510.1 - Qualifications of chiropractors
Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 510.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) General qualifications. Qualified chiropractors under the medical assistance program shall be:
(1) those who have been
granted and issued a license to practice chiropractic by the State Education
Department pursuant to article 132 of the State Education Law and who are the
holders of a current valid registration certificate issued by the State
Education Department pursuant to article 132 of the State Education Law,
rendering them legal practitioners of chiropractic; or
(2) those who are certified on lists or
otherwise in writing by the State Education Department as being applicants
accepted as present practitioners for qualifying examinations for chiropractic
licensure; or
(3) those who
practice outside the State of New York and are duly licensed or recognized as
entitled to engage in the practice of chiropractic in that state.
(b) Continuing education requirements. Chiropractors participating under the medical assistance program shall comply with at least the minimum continuing educational requirements as shall hereafter be required by this Part, which requirements shall be developed by the recognized State associations of chiropractors and approved by the Office of Professional Education of the Department of Health, in order to assure:
(1) to recipients of medical
assistance the availability of chiropractic care and services considered by the
recognized associations of practitioners of chiropractic as being of high
quality; and
(2) that chiropractors
receive current educational information to facilitate recognition of diseases,
disorders or disabilities and appropriate referral of patients for treatment or
concurrent treatment by other therapies where necessary.
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