Attorney General Opinion No.

The Honorable Gary Merritt State Representative, 20th District State Capitol, Room 175-W Topeka, Kansas 66612

Dear Representative Merritt:

As representative of the twentieth district, you inquire whether the language contained in K.S.A. 65-2869 authorizes physicians to perform manual manipulation. The statute defines persons engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. It provides:

"For the purpose of this act the following persons shall be deemed to be engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery:

"(a) Persons who publicly profess to be physicians or surgeons, or publicly profess to…