Chiropractic in North Dakota
In North Dakota, there are approximately 286 active licensed chiropractors. Chiropractors were first licensed in the state of North Dakota in 1915. Supervision and licensure is the responsibility of the North Dakota State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and is overseen by the Boards and Commissions of the Office of the Governor.
According to North Dakota statutes, “The practice of chiropractic includes the examination, evaluation, and diagnosis by means including x-ray, other appropriate diagnostic imaging, clinical laboratory procedures, or pertinent examinations taught by chiropractic colleges accredited by the council on chiropractic education or its successor; the treatment of patients by means of the adjustment or manipulation of the spinal column, the vertebral articulations, the appendicular skeleton not excluding the skull, and of any displaced tissue of any kind or nature; the practice of physiotherapy, electrotherapy, or hydrotherapy; all other procedures taught by chiropractic colleges accredited by the council on chiropractic education or its successor; and the rating and reporting of any permanent impairment of function and the providing of professional opinions regarding any matter included in this definition of practice of chiropractic as set out herein.
The practice of chiropractic does not include prescribing for or administering to any person any medicine or drug to be taken internally which is now or hereafter included in materia medica, nor performing any surgery, except as is provided in this section, nor practicing obstetrics.”
