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Dear Senator Hines:

You ask whether R.S. 37:2801 should be construed to require that each and every chiropractor offer all permissible diagnostic and treatment practices allowed to a chiropractor under the statute, or whether a chiropractor should be able to limit the scope of his examination and treatment to that which is consistent with his particular practice objective and clinical proficiency.

LSA-R.S. 37:2801 defines the practice of chiropractic:(3)(a) "Practice of chiropractic" means holding one's self out to the public as a chiropractor and as being engaged in the business of, or the…