As used in the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act, these words, phrases or terms, unless the context otherwise indicates, shall have the following meanings:

1. "Accredited chiropractic college" means a chiropractic educational institution which is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education;

2. "Animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment" means treatment that includes vertebral subluxation complex (vsc) and spinal manipulation of nonhuman vertebrates. The term "animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment" shall not be construed to allow the:

a.use of x-rays,

b.performing of surgery,

c.dispensing or administering of medications, or

d.performance of traditional veterinary care;

3. "Applicant" means any person submitting an application for licensure to the Board;

4. "Board" means the Board of Chiropractic Examiners;

5. "Certified chiropractic assistant" means an unlicensed member of a chiropractic physician's team of healthcare workers who may assist a chiropractic physician in the performance of examination and therapeutic procedures and techniques necessary to deliver healthcare services to patients within the scope of chiropractic and has been certified by the Board;

6. "Chiropractic physician", "chiropractor", "doctor of chiropractic", "practitioner of chiropractic" and "licensee" are synonymous and mean a person holding an original license to practice chiropractic in this state;

7. "Examination" means the process used by the Board, prior to the issuance of an original license, to test the qualifications and knowledge of an applicant on any or all of the following: current statutes, rules or any of those subjects listed in Section 161.8 of this title;

8. "Intern" means a student at an accredited chiropractic college who is participating in the Chiropractic Undergraduate Preceptorship Program;

9. "Nonclinical" means of a business nature including, but not limited to, practice management, insurance information, and computer information. It shall also mean the discussion of philosophy as it relates to the performance of chiropractic;

10. "Original license" means a license granting initial authorization to practice chiropractic in this state issued by the Board to an applicant found by the Board to meet the licensing requirements of the Oklahoma Chiropractic Practice Act, by examination pursuant to Section 161.7 of this title, or by relocation of practice pursuant to Section 161.9 of this title;

11. "Preceptor" means a chiropractic physician who is participating in the Chiropractic Undergraduate Preceptorship Program;

12. "Relocation of practice" means the recognition and approval by the Board, prior to the issuance of an original license, of the chiropractic licensing process in another state, country, territory or province; and

13. "Renewal license" means a license issued to a chiropractic physician by the Board, on or before the first day of July of each year, which authorizes such licensee to practice chiropractic in this state during the succeeding calendar year.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 265, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 390, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2000, c. 131, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 269, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 2004; Laws 2007, c. 363, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 230, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2018, c. 94, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 213, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.