November 2004

COCSA urges longer CCE comment period

Members of the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) voted to urge a longer comment period on proposed changes from the Council on Chiropractic Education.

At its annual meeting in New Orleans, COCSA membership drafted a letter to CCE stating that the comment period for changes in “Proposed Revisions of the CCE Standards for Doctor of Chiropractic Programs and Requirements for Institutional Status” was insufficient.

“The 30-day period of commentary is too short for most chiropractic organizations, the leadership of which consist of numerous volunteer members, to be able to respond,” the letter, signed by COCSA President Stephen Simonetti, DC, says. COCSA recommends using multiple avenues of communication to all bodies of chiropractic organizations and that the time period for commentary be extended to 90 days.

CCE posted proposed changes on October 15, with comments due by November 15. An addendum to the proposed changes was posted on November 12. According to its Web site, after deadline for comment, “the CCE Review Committee will review all the proposals in their original form, the comments submitted and make recommendations, which may include edits.

“Then the CCE Executive Committee reviews all the proposals in their original form, the comments submitted and the recommendations of the Review Committee and will make its own recommendations, which again, may include edits. The last step is the Board of Directors, at its annual meeting in January … will determine whether or not to accept a proposed revision.”

A number of changes (which may be viewed on the CCE Web site, www.cce-usa.org), have been proposed. Among them is a proposal to include “physiological therapeutics” in the curriculum for a doctor of chiropractic degree as well as “non-adjustive therapeutic procedures.”

In an open letter to chiropractors, sent through the World Chiropractic Alliance, Myron Brown, DC, had urged colleagues to write to the CCE prior to the November 15 deadline to express concerns about the change in curriculum as well as other proposed changes.

Sources: Congress of Chiropractic State Associations, www.cocsa.org; Council on Chiropractic Education, www.cce-usa.org; World Chiropractic Alliance, http://www.worldchiropracticalliance.org

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