Document Citation: 12 NYCRR 346.1

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NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 12. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
CHAPTER V. WORKERS' COMPENSATION
SUBCHAPTER F. CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE
PART 346. CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND TREATMENT

Date:
08/31/2009

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§ 346.1 Limitation of chiropractic treatment

(a) When care is required for a compensable injury, an injured employee may select to treat him or her any duly registered and licensed chiropractor authorized by the chair to render chiropractic care only if said injury consists solely of a condition which may lawfully be treated by a chiropractor as defined in section 6551 of the Education Law. If the injury does not consist solely of a condition which may lawfully be treated by a chiropractor or consists of multiple conditions, any one of which is outside the limits prescribed by the Education Law for chiropractic care and treatment, the chiropractor may not initially treat such employee for any condition but must so advise the injured employee and instruct him or her to consult a physician of the employee's choice for appropriate care and treatment. Such physician shall supervise the treatment of said condition, including the future treatment to be administered to the patient by the chiropractor.

(b) A chiropractor who is authorized to treat workers' compensation claimants shall not be permitted to use radio-therapy, fluoroscopy, or any form of ionizing radiation, except X-ray which shall be used for the detection of structural imbalances, distortion, or subluxations in the human body.

(c) A chiropractor is not permitted to treat any infectious diseases such as pneumonia, any communicable diseases listed in the Sanitary Code of the State of New York, any of the cardiovascular-renal or cardio-pulmonary diseases, any surgical condition of the abdomen such as acute appendicitis or diabetes, or any benign or malignant neoplasms; to operate; to reduce fractures or dislocations; to prescribe, administer, dispense or use in his or her practice drugs or medicines; or to use diagnostic or therapeutic methods involving chemical or biological means except diagnostic services performed by clinical laboratories which services shall be approved by the State Board for Chiropractic as appropriate to the practice of chiropractic; or to utilize electrical devices except those devices approved by the State Board for Chiropractic as being appropriate to the practice of chiropractic.