Rhode Island § 5-30-1 § 5-30-1. "Chiropractic medicineâ€� defined.

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§ 5-30-1 — § 5-30-1. "Chiropractic medicineâ€� defined.

Rhode Island § 5-30-1

Title 5Businesses and Professions

Ch. 5-30Chiropractic Physicians

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-30-1 (2026).

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§ 5-30-1. "Chiropractic medicineâ€� defined.
For the purpose of this chapter, the practice of "chiropractic medicineâ€� 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.
         

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§ 5-30-1. "Chiropractic medicineâ€� defined.

For the purpose of this chapter, the practice of "chiropractic medicineâ€� 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.