No. CS/CS/HB 439
Filed under Healthcare.
Practice of Chiropractic Medicine ; Revises definition of term "practice of chiropractic medicine"; authorizes chiropractic physicians to possess, for emergency purposes only at chiropractic physician's office or place of business, prescription medical oxygen; authorizes chiropractic physicians to order, store, possess, prescribe, & administer, only by means of injection at chiropractic physician’s office, sterile substances, including vitamins, minerals, & nutritional supplements; prohibits chiropractic physicians from administering certain sterile substances by means of injection unless he or she has been certified by board; prohibits chiropractic physicians from administering certain any substance through intravenous therapy; requires chiropractic physician to be certified before administering sterile substances in specified manner; requires Board of Chiropractic Medicine to establish minimum standards of practice for administration of certain sterile substances by means of injection by chiropractic physicians; provides requirements for such standards; requires board to issue chiropractic physician letter certifying that he or she is authorized to administer specified sterile substances by means of injection under certain conditions.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDChiropractic physicians may now order, prescribe, and inject vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements in sterile form, as long as those products are proprietary or over-the-counter drugs and the injection happens at the physician's own office.
Before giving any injection, a chiropractic physician must be certified by the Board of Chiropractic Medicine, which requires 36 hours of continuing education plus passing a written and practical exam.
Patients must consent to the injection after being told the risks, and that consent must be written into their documented care plan. Only a certified chiropractic physician can give the injection -- it cannot be delegated to staff.
Chiropractic physicians still cannot administer anything through intravenous therapy. Separately, they may now possess medical oxygen at their office for emergencies, not just order and administer it.
AIChiropractic physicians may order, prescribe, store, and inject vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements in sterile, proprietary, or over-the-counter form, but only at their own office or place of business.
AIEven with the new injection authority, a chiropractic physician still may not administer any substance to a patient through intravenous therapy.
AIBefore administering any injection, a chiropractic physician must be certified by the board, which must require 36 hours of continuing education on safe administration plus a passing score on a written and practical exam.
AIAn injection may not be given without the patient's consent and education about the risks and possible adverse events, and that consent must be recorded in the patient's documented plan of care.
AIAn injection may not be handed off to anyone except another chiropractic physician who is separately authorized to administer sterile substances -- not to a technician, assistant, or uncertified colleague.
AIChiropractic physicians may now physically possess prescription medical oxygen at their office for emergencies, not just order and administer it as before.