CHAPTER CHIR 10
DELEGATION TO CHIROPRACTIC TECHNICIANS, AND CHIROPRACTIC RADIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS, AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Section 5. Chir 10.015 (1) (a) (intro.) is amended to read:
Chir 10.015 (1) (a) (intro.) The course of study shall include a prerequisite 4 hour 4-hour therapeutic overview course covering chiropractic technician scope of practice, anatomy, and contraindications followed by all of the following:
Section 6. Chir 10.02 (intro.) and (4) are amended to read:
Chir 10.02 (intro.) Delegation of adjunctive services to a chiropractic technician. A chiropractor may delegate the performance of adjunctive services only to a chiropractic technician certified under ch. 446, Stats. An an adjunctive service may be delegated to a chiropractic technician only if all of the following conditions are met: (4) The chiropractor exercises direct, on-premises supervision of the chiropractic technician performing the delegated service.
Section 7. Chir 10.023 is created to read:
Chir 10.023 Delegation of adjunctive services to a health care professional. A chiropractor may delegate the performance of an adjunctive service to a health care professional if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The performance of the adjunctive service is within the scope of the health care professional’s license, registration, or certification.
(2) The chiropractor maintains records or ensures the chiropractor’s employer maintains records that verify the health care professional’s license, registration, or certification is current.
(3) The chiropractor exercises direct, on-premises supervision of the health care professional performing the delegated adjunctive service.
(4) The chiropractor retains ultimate responsibility for the manner and quality of the service.
Section 8. Chir 10.03 is amended to read:
Chir 10.03 X-ray services. A chiropractor may delegate x-ray examination procedures only to a chiropractic radiological technician certified under ch. 446, Stats. As provided under s. 446.02 (7) (d), Stats., a chiropractor may delegate x-ray services only to a chiropractic radiological technician or a health care professional acting within the scope of the health care professional’s license, registration, or certification. The A chiropractor shall comply with s. Chir 4.04 before delegating the performance of x-ray services to a chiropractic radiological technician or a health care professional. Section 9. Chir 10.03 (Note) is repealed.
Section 10. Chir 11.02 (4) is amended to read:
Chir 11.02 (4) Patient records shall be complete and sufficiently legible to be understandable to health care professionals healthcare providers generally familiar with chiropractic practice, procedures, and nomenclature.
Section 11. Effective date. The rules adopted in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, pursuant to s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Dated _________________ Agency __________________________________
Chairperson
Chiropractic Examining Board
