Section Chir 10.01 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Adjunctive services" means services which are preparatory or complementary to the practice of chiropractic. "Adjunctive services" include the taking and preparation of a preliminary patient history and providing physiotherapy treatment. "Adjunctive services" does not include making a chiropractic diagnosis, analyzing a diagnostic test, or performing a chiropractic adjustment.(1g) "Massage therapy" or "bodywork therapy" has the meaning given in s. 460.01(4), Stats.(1r) "Physiotherapy treatment" means the therapeutic use of physical agents or means, including heat, cold, light, air, water, sound, electricity, massage therapy or bodywork therapy, and physical exercise with and without assistive devices, to treat or manage injury, disease, bodily defects, or bodily weaknesses.(2) "Preliminary patient history" means the process of taking patient vitals and gathering baseline data regarding a patient, including the nature of the chief complaint, family history, and medical history. The "preliminary patient history" is intended to provide a starting point for further inquiry by the chiropractor into the patient's condition.Wis. Admin. Code Chiropractic Examining Board Chir 10.01
Cr. Register, January, 1995, No. 469, eff. 2-1-95; CR 03-082: am. (1) and (2) Register July 2004 No. 583, eff. 8-1-04.Amended by Acts 2017 ch, 180,s38, eff. 3/30/2018.Amended by, Cr. am. (3) Register April 2018 No. 748, eff. 5/1/2018Amended by, CR 17-010: am. (1), cr. (1g), (1r), am. (2), r. (3) Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8/1/2018