(a) Accredited School of Chiropractic means a school of chiropractic accredited by the Council of Chiropractic Education (“”CCE””).

(b) Chiropractic means the science, art, and philosophy of things natural, the science of locating and removing interference with the transmissions or expression of nerve forces in the human body, by the correction of misalignments or subluxation of the articulations and adjacent structures, more especially those of the vertebral column and pelvis, for the purpose of restoring and maintaining health. It shall include the use of all natural agencies to assist in the healing art, such as food, water, heat, cold, electricity, mechanical appliances, and the ordering of laboratory tests. The use of imaging procedures shall be limited to skeletal imaging and shall exclude the therapeutic use of X-radiation, the use of contrast studies that introduce dyes, isotopes, or similar contrast media through the skin, orally, via catheterization, or retrograde into any body cavity. It shall exclude operative surgery and the prescription of scheduled drugs.

(c) Doctor of Chiropractic means a person who has completed training in chiropractic and received a Doctor of Chiropractic (“”D.C.””) degree from a school accredited by the CCE.

(d) Internship means a training program in the United
States approved by the CCE.

(e) Licensed chiropractor means a person who is validly

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and currently licensed to practice chiropractic on Guam.

(f) Practice of Chiropractic means to represent directly or indirectly, publicly or privately, an ability or willingness to provide for the treatment by means of manipulation of the spine and prevention of human illness in accordance with the principles of chiropractic. Any person who is not licensed to practice chiropractic under these rules and regulations shall not hold out to the public, advertise, declare, represent or in any way proclaim to practice chiropractic, or use any titles, words, letters, signs, devices, techniques, maneuvers or modalities that could represent that he or she is authorized to prescribe or engage in the area of chiropractic or spinal manipulation, as defined under these rules and regulations.

(g) Spinal manipulation means a procedure that utilizes a carefully graded thrust, either manually or mechanically, that is applied across the spinal apopyseal or sacroiliac joints at the end of passive range of motion into the paraphysiological range of motion, often causing the sudden liberation of synovial gases characterized by an audible popping or cracking sound for the purpose of restoring a joint to its normal alignment and mobility and improving and maintaining the function of the nervous system.

SOURCE: Subsection (b) repealed and reenacted by P.L.36-138:28 (Dec. 28, 2022).