Georgia Council of Chiropractic
Resolution Rejecting the Introduction of Professional Tiering,
Injections and Prescription Drugs Into the Practice of Chiropractic
March 11, 2010
WHEREAS, The mission of the Georgia Council of Chiropractic (GCC) is to preserve, promote and perpetuate the chiropractic profession as a separate and distinct healing art that focuses on the detection and correction of the vertebral subluxation; and
WHEREAS, The best interests of both the public and the chiropractic profession are served by maintaining chiropractic as a separate and distinct, drugless, non-surgical alternative form of health care, and as such, does not include in its practice any form of allopathic or homeopathic pharmaceutical prescription or surgery; and
WHEREAS, The educational standards of the Council on Chiropractic Education do not include education on injection techniques or the proper use of prescription drugs; and
WHEREAS, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers the injection of any substance into the body as the use of a drug; and
WHEREAS, The injection of and/or the prescription of any drug is considered the practice of medicine; and
WHEREAS, The testing of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) does not include testing for the credentialing of the practice of medicine; and
WHEREAS, Chiropractic is defined in most states as an exception to the Medical Practice Acts and by definition excludes the practice of medicine; and
WHEREAS, A GCC Committee, appointed by the President, has concluded a review of the implications of new legislation in the State of New Mexico; and
WHEREAS, The Georgia Council of Chiropractic finds that the unique, non-duplicative role of the Doctor of Chiropractic as a primary health care provider includes the obligation to recognize when the limits of skill and authority are reached and that doctors in all fields of practice are ethically and morally bound to make patient referrals to practitioners in other fields of healing when such referrals are necessary to provide the highest quality of patient care; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the GCC is opposed to the establishment of any national exam by the NBCE to be used for credentialing chiropractors for the purposes of creating an advanced standing with different practice rights ; and be it furthermore
RESOLVED, That the GCC is opposed to the establishment of any national exam to be used for credentialing chiropractors for the practice of medicine and/or the prescription of drugs; and be it furthermore
RESOLVED, That the GCC rejects the premise that prescriptive rights define a chiropractor as being advanced; and be it furthermore
RESOLVED, That the GCC rejects the premise that the chiropractic profession should be tiered into two groups with different practice rights; and be it furthermore
RESOLVED, That the Board of Directors of the Georgia Council of Chiropractic calls for an investigation into the use of the American Chiropractic Physician Credentialing Center (ACPCC), a subsidiary of the American Academy of Chiropractic Physicians, as a "nationally recognized credentialing agency" for the purposes of certifying qualifications to practice medicine.