(a) The term “chiropractic,” when used in this article, is hereby defined as the science and art of locating and removing without the use of drugs or surgery any interference with the transmission and expression of nerve energy in the human body by any means or methods as taught in schools or colleges of chiropractic which are recognized by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(b) Any chiropractor who has been certified and licensed by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may examine, analyze, and diagnose the human body and its diseases by the use of any physical, clinical, thermal, or radonic method, and the use of X-ray diagnosing, and may use any other general method of examination for diagnosis and analysis taught in any school of chiropractic recognized by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(c) Chiropractors certified and licensed by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may practice chiropractic as set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and may also recommend the use of foods and concentrates, food extracts, and may apply first aid and hygiene, but chiropractors are expressly prohibited from prescribing or administering to any person any drugs included in materia medica, except as herein provided, from performing any surgery, from practicing obstetrics or from giving X-ray treatments or treatments involving the use of radioactive materials of any description.
(Acts 1959, No. 108, p. 612, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-237, p. 321, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Griffiths v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (N.D. Ala. 2001).
· cites it 3× “(quoting § 34-24-120(a), Ala.Code 1975). As licensed chiropractors in Alabama, Plaintiffs are permitted to examine, analyze and diagnose the human body and its diseases by the use of any physical, clinical, thermal or radonic method, and the use of X-ray diagnosing, and may use…”
Knapp v. Wilkins, 786 So. 2d 457 (Ala. 2000).
“Section 34-24-120, Ala.Code 1975, provides: "(a) The term `chiropractic,' when used in this article, is hereby defined as *462 the science and art of locating and removing without the use of drugs or surgery any interference with the transmission and expression of nerve energy…”
Jordan v. Cont'l Airlines, Inc., 893 So. 2d 446 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004).
· cites it 2× “The chiropractor in Knapp was licensed under Alabama law to diagnose certain conditions pursuant to § 34-24-120, Ala.Code 1975. Ray is not so licensed.”
— Ala. Code § 34-24-120(a) — 1 case
Griffiths v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (N.D. Ala. 2001).
“(quoting § 34-24-120(a), Ala.Code 1975). As licensed chiropractors in Alabama, Plaintiffs are permitted to examine, analyze and diagnose the human body and its diseases by the use of any physical, clinical, thermal or radonic method, and the use of X-ray diagnosing, and may use…”
— Ala. Code § 34-24-120(b) — 1 case
Griffiths v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (N.D. Ala. 2001).
“(quoting § 34-24-120(a), Ala.Code 1975). As licensed chiropractors in Alabama, Plaintiffs are permitted to examine, analyze and diagnose the human body and its diseases by the use of any physical, clinical, thermal or radonic method, and the use of X-ray diagnosing, and may use…”
— Ala. Code § 34-24-120(c) — 1 case
Griffiths v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (N.D. Ala. 2001).
“(quoting § 34-24-120(a), Ala.Code 1975). As licensed chiropractors in Alabama, Plaintiffs are permitted to examine, analyze and diagnose the human body and its diseases by the use of any physical, clinical, thermal or radonic method, and the use of X-ray diagnosing, and may use…”
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