The Illinois Chiropractic Society worked diligently in 2011 to clarify the chiropractic scope of practice. There were a number of treatments included in the clarification and oxygen therapies was one of them.
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Chiropractic physicians in Illinois enjoy one of the broadest scopes of practice in the country. However, D.C.s sometimes encounter a lack of understanding or outright misinformation as to procedures they are authorized to perform especially diagnostic procedures.
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The Illinois Medical Practice Act (MPA) is one of many licensure acts within the State of Illinois. There are over 20 professional acts within the healthcare field alone (including massage therapists, dentists, physicians). The MPA is the primary law that governs the physicians in our state by defining our scope, requirements for licensure, and guidelines for discipline.
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For years many chiropractic physicians in the state have been utilizing oxygen therapies within their offices. In fact, the FDA has approved hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat more than a dozen health problems. Although this was previously believed to be within the chiropractic scope of practice by the Department of Professional Regulation and the Illinois Chiropractic Society, an FDA opinion was recently brought to light classifying “any inhaled oxygen” as a prescription drug. This resulted in over 30 chiropractic physicians in Illinois to be brought before the disciplinary board last year for treatments that were previously believed to be within scope.
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Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a chiropractic physician from providing advice regarding the use of non-prescription products or from administering atmospheric oxygen.
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