November 2005

Manitoba association discourages prepayment plans

The Manitoba Chiropractors Association (MCA) has advised its members to discontinue accepting prepayment for chiropractic services. Under current Canadian law, prepayment plans are not legal, according to a legal opinion obtained by the MCA board of directors.

The MCA retained an administrative law lawyer, whose opinion reads, “Manitoba chiropractors engage in professional misconduct when they charge a fee pursuant to a prepaid service plan for chiropractic services that have not been performed at a time that the fee was charged.” The opinion is based on s.4(2)(g) of Manitoba Regulation 66/86, which defines activities that are considered professional misconduct.

The MCA advised its members to discontinue accepting all prepayments in a Nov. 9, 2005, memo. The memo said that more details of the implications of this interpretation in practice will be sent to members shortly.

Source: Manitoba Chiropractors Association, www.mbchiro.org

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