KRS 312.015: Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board" means the Kentucky State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;

(2) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section "chiropractic" means the

science of diagnosing and adjust ing or manipulating the subluxations of the

articulations of the human spine and its adjacent tissues;

(3) Subject to the limitations of subsection (4) of this section "chiropractor" means one

qualified by experience and training and licensed by the board to diagnose his

patients and to treat those of his patients diagnosed as having diseases or disorders

relating to subluxations of the articulations of the human spine and its adjacent

tissues by indicated adjustment or manipulation of those subluxations an d by

applying methods of treatment designed to augment those adjustments or

manipulation. The terms "chiropractic," "doctor of chiropractic," and "chiropractor"

shall be synonymous, and shall be construed to mean a practitioner of chiropractic

as defined in this section.

(4) "Peer review" means an evaluation, based upon generally accepted standards, by a

peer review committee established in KRS 312.200 or by other persons performing

peer review pursuant to KRS 312.200(3), of the appropriateness, quality, utilization,

and cost of chiropractic health care and health service provided to a patient.

(5) The practice of chiropractic shall not include the practice of medicine or osteopathy

as defined in KRS 311.550, the practice of podiatry as defined in KRS 311.38 0, the

practice of dentistry as defined in KRS 313.010, the practice of optometry as

defined in KRS 320.210, the practice as a nurse as defined in KRS 314.011, or the

practice of pharmacy by persons licensed and registered under KRS 315.050.