State Ex Rel. Iowa Department of Health v. Van Wyk

HARRIS, Justice.

This appeal challenges the scheme by which the professional activities of chiropractors are defined and limited. Van Wyk, a chiropractor, was enjoined from (1) performing acupuncture, (2) withdrawing, or ordering withdrawal of, his patient’s blood for analysis, and (3) prescribing or recommending a dietary course of treatment. Defendant has received training for these three practices in an approved chiropractic college. The trial court held that all three of these activities fall outside the ambit of those chiropractic functions contemplated or allowed by statute. The Iowa…