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Connecticut chiropractors’ informed consent standard upheld

Chiropractic Economics June 19, 2010

June 18, 2010 — In a comprehensive and detailed ruling published on June 11, the Connecticut State Board of Chiropractic Examiners confirmed that Connecticut’s chiropractic physicians are taking the proper steps to inform and protect their patients. Through its ruling, the board reaffirmed that the informed consent process practiced by the state’s doctors of chiropractic is the standard of care for the profession. 

The announcement caps a process that began more than a year ago when the Connecticut Chiropractic Association asked the Board to issue a declaratory ruling on whether the current standard of informed consent is sufficient or whether, as opponents demanded, it should specifically include the possibility of a stroke or cervical artery dissection as a possible side effect of cervical manipulation/adjustment.

The board’s decision follows four days of testimony in January in which an extensive range of evidence was presented. In making its determination and declaratory ruling, the board cited the most comprehensive scientific study to date on the subject, by J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc, et al. The Cassidy study is considered the definitive research on the subject. The abstract and complete paper can be found at PubMed Central, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2271108/.

Throughout the hearings, national and state chiropractic groups rallied behind the Connecticut Chiropractic Association and the Connecticut Chiropractic Council, providing expert witnesses, help with strategy and PR support — enabling the chiropractic profession to present a unified front to the board as well as to the media and the public. The groups included ACA, ICA, the Association of Chiropractic Colleges and the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress.

In issuing its final judgment on the matter, the board wrote: “After a careful and thorough review of all the testimony and documentary evidence admitted at the hearing, the Board concludes that there is sufficient evidence to establish that a stroke or a cervical arterial dissection is NOT a risk or side effect of a joint mobilization, manipulation or adjustment of the cervical spine.”

Source: American Chiropractic Association, www.acatoday.org

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