NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Chiropractic Medicine has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Ed Feinberg, D.C., on June 01, 2011. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement published on June 17, 2011, in Vol. 37, No. 24, of the Florida Administrative Weekly. Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation of Section 460.403(9), Florida Statutes, entitled, “Definitions,” concerning whether it is within the chiropractic scope of practice to manually reduce a shoulder dislocation. The Board of Chiropractic Medicine considered the Petition at its meeting held on August 12, 2011, in Palm Beach, Florida. The Board’s Order filed on August 31, 2011, answered the petitioner’s question in the affirmative. It is the Board’s opinion that it is within the scope of practice of chiropractic medicine to manually reduce a shoulder separation. The Board added that only those chiropractors who have been trained in the procedure should perform the manual reduction.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Bruce Deterding, Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.