Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to all persons, including persons listed in IC 25-22.5-1-2.

(b) A person may manually manipulate, manually adjust, or manually mobilize the spinal column or the vertebral column of an individual only if the person is:

(1) a chiropractor who has been issued a license under this chapter;

(2) a physician who has been issued an unlimited license to practice medicine under IC 25-22.5; or

(3) an osteopathic physician who has been issued a license to practice osteopathic medicine under IC 25-22.5.

(c) A person may not delegate the manual manipulation, manual adjustment, or manual mobilization of the spinal column or the vertebral column of an individual to another person, unless the other person is:

(1) licensed as a chiropractor under this chapter;

(2) licensed as a physician with an unlimited license to practice medicine under IC 25-22.5;

(3) licensed as an osteopathic physician with a license to practice osteopathic medicine under IC 25-22.5;

(4) a student in the final year of course work at an accredited chiropractic school participating in a preceptorship program and working under the direct supervision of a chiropractor licensed under this chapter; or

(5) a graduate of a chiropractic school who holds a valid temporary permit issued under section 5.5 of this chapter.

(d) If a violation of subsection (b) or (c) is being committed:

(1) the board in its own name;

(2) the board in the name of the state; or

(3) the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the violation occurs, at the request of the board and in the name of the state;

may apply for an order enjoining the violation from the circuit court, superior court, or probate court of the county in which the violation occurs.

(e) Upon a showing that a person has violated subsection (b) or (c), the court may grant without bond an injunction, a restraining order, or other appropriate order.

(f) This section does not apply to a physical therapist practicing under IC 25-27. However, a physical therapist may not practice chiropractic (as defined in IC 25-10-1-1) or medicine (as defined in IC 25-22.5-1-1.1) unless licensed to do so.

As added by P.L.245-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.235-1989, SEC.4; P.L.33-1993, SEC.19; P.L.84-2016, SEC.104.