West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 4 - Chiropractic Examiners
Title 4 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
Series 4-01 - Regulation of Chiropractic Practice
Section 4-1-2 - Definitions

1-2.1. "Board" means the Board of Chiropractic as established by W. Va. Code § 30-16-4.

1-2.2. "CCE or its successor" means the Council on Chiropractic Education, an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare as an agency for granting accreditation of chiropractic education.

1-2.3. "Chiropractic Assistant" means a health care worker who assists a licensed chiropractor in the provision of chiropractic services. A chiropractic assistant shall work under the general supervision of a licensed chiropractor in a manner consistent with W. Va. Code § 30-16-1 et seq., and as further set forth in this rule.

1-2.4. "General supervision" means initial instruction as to delegated duties and established protocol followed by personal periodic inspection of patient care including periodic evaluation of the assistant's performance by the supervising licensed chiropractor. The supervising licensed chiropractor need not be present or on the premises at all times where the chiropractic assistant is performing delegated duties.

1-2.5. "Professional Incompetence" means an act or omission which may subject the licensee to disciplinary action as it relates to the practice of chiropractic or criminal misconduct which reflects on the capacity of the licensee to safely engage in the practice of chiropractic.

1-2.6. A "pre-payment plan" is a contract between a chiropractor and a patient under which the patient agrees to pay for, and the chiropractor agrees to provide, a set number of chiropractic treatments in return for a sum certain.