{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-30-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-30-1","heading":"“Chiropractic medicine” defined.","body":"For the purpose of this chapter, the practice of “chiropractic medicine” is defined as the science and art of mechanical and material healing as follows: the employment of a system of palpating and adjusting the articulations of the human spinal column and its appendages, by hand and electro-mechanical appliances, and the employment of corrective orthopedics and dietetics for the elimination of the cause of disease; provided, that chiropractic physicians may not write prescriptions for drugs for internal medication nor practice major surgery as defined in chapter 37 of this title.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 30 Chiropractic Physicians"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-30/5-30-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:47:34Z","sha256":"4bd2e63ad88d8d79cc6001c5633d37e91f06155b4d6bd3e0b46e763ebe0e517d","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-29-44","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-30-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}