Sec. 20-32. Use of names and titles. Continuing education. Regulations.

(a) No licensee under the provisions of this chapter shall use the title “Doctor” or any abbreviation or synonym thereof unless he or she holds the degree of doctor of chiropractic from a chartered chiropractic school or college, in which event the title shall be such as will designate the licensee as a practitioner of chiropractic. Each licensed chiropractor shall exhibit his or her name at the entrance of his or her place of business or on his or her office door. The Department of Public Health shall not initiate a disciplinary action against a licensed chiropractor who, prior to July 1, 2011, is alleged to have been practicing as a chiropractor under any name other than the name of the chiropractor actually owning the practice or a corporate name containing the name of such chiropractor.

(b) All licensed chiropractors applying for license renewal shall be required to participate in continuing education programs. Such programs shall include, on and after January 1, 2016, not less than two contact hours of training or education during the first renewal period in which continuing education is required and not less than once every six years thereafter on the topic of mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to (1) define basic requirements for continuing education programs that includes coursework appropriate for chiropractors on the subject of mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, including (A) determining whether a patient is a veteran or family member of a veteran, (B) screening for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of suicide, depression and grief, and (C) suicide prevention training, (2) delineate qualifying programs, (3) establish a system of control and reporting, and (4) provide for waiver of the continuing education requirement for good cause. For registration periods beginning on and after October 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, shall, on or before October 1, 2011, and biennially thereafter, issue a list that includes not more than five mandatory topics for continuing education activities that shall be required for the two subsequent registration periods following the date of issuance of such list.

(1949 Rev., S. 4385; P.A. 95-31; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-242, S. 12, 96; P.A. 15-242, S. 61.)

History: P.A. 95-31 added Subsec. (b) requiring participation in continuing education programs and the adoption of related regulations; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 11-242 amended Subsec. (a) by removing provision that prohibited a person from practicing as a chiropractor under any name other than the name of the chiropractor owning the practice or a corporate name containing the name of such chiropractor, adding provision prohibiting Department of Public Health from initiating disciplinary action against a chiropractor alleged to have been practicing under a name other than the name of the chiropractor owning the practice or a corporate name containing the name of such chiropractor and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2011, and amended Subsec. (b) by requiring commissioner, in consultation with Board of Chiropractic Examiners, to issue a list of not more than 5 mandatory continuing education topics effective for 2 registration periods beginning on and after October 1, 2012, effective October 1, 2011; P.A. 15-242 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provisions re training or education on topic of mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans.

Notation

Cited. 150 C. 302.