Section 338.12001. Definitions.

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a)     "Adjustment apparatus" means a tool or device used to  apply   a mechanical force to correct or reduce subluxations, misalignments, and joint dysfunctions.

(b)          "Analytical instruments" means instruments used in the detection and diagnosis of human conditions and disorders of the human musculoskeletal and nervous systems as they relate to subluxations, misalignments, and joint dysfunctions, or to assist the chiropractor in offering advice to seek treatment from other health professionals in order to restore  and maintain health.

(c)     "Code" means 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 et seq.

(d)         "Nationally recognized standards" means that which is taught in  a chiropractic educational program or postgraduate educational program that is accredited by  the  council  on  chiropractic education, commission on accreditation.

(e)      "Physical measures" means procedures or techniques used to correct or reduce subluxations, misalignments, and joint dysfunctions.

(f)       "Rehabilitative exercises" means the coordination of a patient's exercise program; the performance, ordering and use of tests; the performance of measurements; instruction and consultation; supervision of personnel; and the use of exercise and rehabilitative procedures, with or without assistive devices, for the purpose of correcting or preventing subluxations, misalignments, and joint dysfunctions.

(g)        "Test" means a procedure that is ordered or performed for the purpose of detecting and diagnosing human conditions and disorders of  the  human musculoskeletal and nervous systems as  they  relate  to   subluxations, misalignments, and joint dysfunctions, or to assist the chiropractor in offering advice to seek treatment from other health professionals in order to restore and maintain health.

History: 1982 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2011 AACS.