New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Education Law § 6553 (2026)

State board for chiropractic

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§ 6553. State board for chiropractic.  A state board for chiropractic
shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation of the
commissioner for the purpose of assisting the board of regents and the
department on matters of professional licensing and professional conduct
in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this title.  The
board shall be composed of not less than seven members, including at
least four licensed chiropractors, one licensed physician who is a
doctor of medicine, one licensed physician who is a doctor of
osteopathy, and one educator who holds a doctorate or equivalent degree
in either anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry or microbiology.  An
executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by the board of
regents on recommendation of the commissioner.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1986–1989 · leading case: Santiago v. Bowen, 715 F. Supp. 614 (S.D.N.Y. 1989).

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Santiago v. Bowen, 715 F. Supp. 614 (S.D.N.Y. 1989). “N.Y. Educ. Law § 6553 . Where, as here, a disability claimant has received regular and frequent treatment by a chiropractor, over an extended period, for an injury to his spine, there is no rational reason why the chiropractor’s opinion on the nature and extent of disability…”

New York State Chiropractic Ass'n v. New York State Bd. of Regents, 120 A.D.2d 177 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986). “It is equally clear that the State Board is to be appointed by the Regents on recommendation of the Commissioner of Education for the *180 purpose of assisting the Regents and the Education Department on matters of professional licensing and professional conduct (Education Law §…”

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