4123-7-13 Payment for chiropractic treatment.

“Practice of chiropractic” or “practice as a chiropractor” means utilization of the relationship between the muscular skeletal structures of the body, the spinal column and the nervous system, in the restoration and maintenance of health, in connection with which patient care is conducted with due regard for first aid, hygienic, nutritional, and rehabilitative procedures and the specific vertebral adjustment and manipulation of the articulations and adjacent tissues of the body. The chiropractor is authorized to examine, diagnose, and assume responsibility for the care of patients. The practice of chiropractic does not permit the chiropractor to treat infectious or contagious diseases, to perform surgery or acupuncture, or to prescribe or administer drugs for treatment. Roentgen rays shall be used only for diagnostic purposes. An individual holding a valid, current certificate of registration to practice chiropractic is entitled to use the title “doctor” or “doctor of chiropractic” and is a “physician” for the purposes of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code (section 4734.09 of the Revised Code).

(A) Treatment procedures include and permit:

(1) The use of all varieties of specific vertebral adjustments and manipulations of the articulations and adjacent tissues of the body.

(2) Furnishing and fitting of proper orthopaedic appliances and supports.

(B) In cases of prolonged chiropractic treatment or if the charges made for such treatment appear to be excessive, claims shall be referred to the industrial commission’s medical section for a review and opinion before a determination is made on the issue or issues raised.

(C) The appropriateness of charges made by chiropractors for treatment rendered in industrial claims shall be determined by the industrial commission’s medical section, or self-insuring employer in self-insuring employers’ claims, in the manner as provided in rule 4123-7-03 of the Administrative Code.

HISTORY: Eff 1-1-78

Rule promulgated under: RC Chapter 119.

Rule amplifies: RC 4121.121, 4121.30, 4121.31 in conjunction with 4123.66 and 4734.09