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V.I. Code tit. 27, § 166ia (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter IX - Health Care Provider Malpractice|§ 166ia. Counterclaim by health care provider for frivolous complaint

 (a) Any health care provider, including a facility or institution, may file a counterclaim against a person filing a complaint under this chapter, alleging that the complaint filed is frivolous. If the court finds that the complaint is frivolous it may award to the successful party court costs, including reasonable attorneys fees not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000). (b) In order to find the complaint filed to be frivolous under subsection (a) of this section, the court must find that the complaint was filed: (1) solely to harass or maliciously injure another; or (2) without any reasonable basis in law or fact and could not be supported by a good faith argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 166ib (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter IX - Health Care Provider Malpractice|§ 166ib. Itemized verdict and court decision; installment payment of future damages

 (a) In any action tried under this subchapter the court shall instruct the jury that if the jury finds a verdict awarding damages it shall in its verdict specify the applicable elements of economic and noneconomic damages upon which the award is based and the amount assigned to each element. The economic damages shall be further itemized into amounts intended to compensate for medical costs, hospital costs, custodial care, rehabilitation, and lost earnings. The noneconomic damages shall be further itemized into amounts intended to compensate for pain and suffering, loss of consortium, inconvenience, physical impairment and disfigurement. Each element shall be further itemized into amounts intended to compensate for damages which have been incurred prior to the verdict and amounts intended to compensate for damages to be incurred in the future. In itemizing amounts intended to compensate for future damages, the jury shall set forth the period of years over which such amounts are intended to provide compensation. In computing said damages, the jury shall be instructed to award the full amount of future damages, as calculated, without reduction to present value. The decision of the court shall be itemized in like manner, both as to elements of damage and future damage. (b) In appropriate cases the court may provide for a damage award rendered under this subchapter to be paid in installments, except that awards for: (1) past economic damages; (2) all noneconomic damages; and (3) litigation expenses and those attorney's fees attributable to past damages; shall be payable in a lump sum. In addition, awards in reimbursement of payments made by a subrogee or lien holder and allocable to future damage of the claimant shall be made in a lump sum. The court may order the purchase of an annuity contract by the defendant as security for and installment payment of future damages.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 166k (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter IX - Health Care Provider Malpractice|§ 166k. Annual reports

 The Medical Malpractice Action Review Committee and the Health Care Consumer Complaint Review Committee established by this subchapter shall each file a summary report of each calendar year's activities by the first day of February of the next calendar year. A copy of the report shall be filed with the Governor and with the Legislature.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 166l (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter IX - Health Care Provider Malpractice|§ 166l. Subchapter not retroactive

 The provisions of this subchapter do not apply to any act of malpractice which occurred before the effective date of this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167a. Practice of chiropractic defined

 As used in this subchapter: (1) “Practice of chiropractic” means the diagnosis and treatment of human ailments, as taught by a school or college of chiropractic accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, recognized by the United States Department of Education, including: (A) The detection and correction of structural and functional imbalance, nerve interference, distortion, misalignment and subluxations in the human body and their effects for the purpose of restoring and maintaining health; (B) All appropriate physiotherapy procedures and other appropriate treatment to restore and maintain the nervous, muscular or skeletal systems and the general health of the human body by manual or instrument correction; (C) The taking of case histories, examining and evaluating the patient, ordering or performing laboratory and other diagnostic tests, as needed, diagnosing the condition and then treating, managing, co-managing or referring to other specialists, as warranted; and (D) The performance of health promotion and wellness procedures and services, including exercise, nutrition, weight loss, stress reduction, and education and counseling on general health matters, in accordance with the standards and practices of the Council on Chiropractic Education, recognized by the United States Department of Education.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167b. Unlawful practice of chiropractic

 It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice chiropractic in the Virgin Islands, or to use any title, abbreviation, sign, card or device to indicate that such person is practicing chiropractic, except as provided in this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167c. License required

 (a) Any person desiring to practice chiropractic in the Virgin Islands shall obtain a license to do so in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. (b) A license issued pursuant to this subchapter for chiropractic practice shall be issued for a period of two years.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167d. Powers and duties of Board

 (a) As used in this subchapter, “Board” means the Virgin Islands Board of Chiropractic Examiners established under 3 V.I.C. § 415(b)(7) and authorized to operate under this subchapter. (b) Members of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall serve a term of four years and may be reappointed. Upon the conclusion of the term of any member of the Board, the member shall continue to serve until a new member has been appointed and confirmed. Members of the Board may be removed by the Governor only for cause. (c) A quorum consists of three of the Board’s members. A majority of those present shall decide on all matters before the Board. Members of the Board may participate in meetings by video conference to minimize the need for inter-island travel, and the Board shall use video conferencing whenever practical. However, this subsection may not be construed to permit any violation of 1 V.I.C. § 254. (d) Each member is entitled to receive $75 for each day or part of a day spent in the attendance of official meetings of the Board, plus actual travel expenses when the member travels from the island of the member’s residence to attend an official meeting. (e) A Board member who acts within the authority of the Board is personally immune from civil liability with respect to all actions the Board member takes in good faith pursuant to this subchapter. (f) The Board shall have the power and duty to— (1) recommend the issuance, suspension, revocation or reinstatement of licenses under this subchapter; and (2) adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations and by-laws not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, and in accordance with generally accepted medical and chiropractic standards, relating to the organization and operation of the Board, and the licensing and registration of chiropractic physicians under this subchapter, upon finding that such are necessary for the furtherance of the provisions of this subchapter, which rules, regulations, or by-laws, when approved by the Governor, shall be deemed to be a part of and of the same effect as this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167e. Application for license; qualifications

 Applications for licensures shall be sent to the Board at least six weeks prior to the examination provided for by section 167f of this subchapter which the applicant desires to take, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed examination fee and by proof satisfactory to the Board that the applicant— (1) is twenty-one years of age or over; (2) is of good moral character; (3) is not addicted to intemperate use of alcoholic stimulants or narcotic drugs; (4) is the holder of a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts or equivalent college degree with the required subjects for admission and graduation, and the awarding of a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree, and is a graduate of an accredited four-year resident school of chiropractic approved by the Council on Chiropractic Education as recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Board; (5) [Deleted.] (6) [Deleted.]
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167f (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167f. Examinations

 (a) The Board shall hold regular examinations twice a year in the Virgin Islands on the second Wednesday of June and November for admission to practice chiropractic. The examination shall have a written and an oral component, and shall cover such subjects as the Board prescribes, which, in accordance with accepted medical and chiropractic standards, are adequate and sufficient for proper evaluation of an applicant's qualifications to practice chiropractic. (b) Candidates for admission to practice shall be required to attain a general average of 75% in the subjects on which the candidates were examined, but may not attain a grade lower than 65% in any subject. (c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the Board may accept or require any or all parts of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) Examination in lieu of any or all parts of the Boards' written and/or oral examination when the Board determines that the exams are of equal or greater value than the Virgin Islands exam.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167g (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167g. Fees for examination and license certificate

ExaminationLicenseCertificateChiropractors$145.00$5.00 All fees shall be paid in accordance with regulations issued by the Board or incorporated in its by-laws. Any person, upon showing of proper justification, or who fails to pass the required examination, shall be admitted to one reexamination of any part with a grade lower than 65% without payment of further fee, provided that the fee paid in advance for the proper examination shall not be returned to the applicant.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167h (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167h. Issuance of licenses by Commissioner of Health; temporary licenses

 The Board shall report its recommendations with respect to all applications to practice, including the results of all examinations and the Board's investigation of the moral character and qualifications of applicants, to the Commissioner of Health who, upon due consideration that all requirements have been met, shall issue licenses to each qualifying applicant.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167i (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167i. Registration of licenses; annual fees; revocation or suspension

 (a) Every person who obtains a license under the provisions of this subchapter, shall, within 30 days after issuance, register the license in the office of the Commissioner of Health. Thereafter such license shall be biennially registered as a condition to further practice upon payment at the office of the Commissioner of Health of a fee of $200.00 and completion of such continuing education courses as the Board through regulations shall require. (b) The Commissioner of Health, upon recommendation of the Board, and subject to appeal to the Governor, may revoke or suspend the license to practice issued to any person under this subchapter who, after due notice and hearing by the Board, is found to be guilty of any unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, including habitual drunkenness, un-prescribed or excessive use of narcotics, the soliciting of patronage by agents, or the failure to keep legible, adequate, accurate case histories and daily records sufficient to support the rationale of clinical findings and care rendered to each patient.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167j (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167j. Use of X-ray

 (a) A license to practice as a chiropractor shall not permit the holder thereof to use radio-therapy, fluoroscopy, or any form of ionizing radiation except X-ray and imaging which may be used only as follows: (1) X-ray and imaging may be used for diagnostic and analytical purposes only; (2) [Deleted] (b) The requirements and limitations with respect to the use of X-ray and imaging by chiropractic physician’s shall be enforced by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners, which is empowered to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section. (c) Chiropractic physicians shall comply with territorial and federal laws in retaining all X-ray and imaging taken in the course of their practice, together with the records pertaining thereto, and shall make all such records available to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners upon request. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if such X-rays and imaging have been released to the patient, or transferred to another licensed health care practitioner, upon the patient's written request. (d) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section are conditioned upon the licensed chiropractic physician’s having obtained a minimum of 250 hours instruction in the safe use and interpretation of X-rays and imaging for chiropractic purposes in a school of chiropractic accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or a similar accreditation agency associated with the federal government and approved by the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167k (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167k. Limitations of practice

 (a) A license to practice chiropractic shall not permit the holder thereof to treat for any infectious or communicable diseases, any of the cardio-vascular-renal or cardio-pulmonary diseases, any surgical condition of the abdomen such as acute appendicitis, or any benign or malignant neoplasms; to perform surgical operations; to reduce fractures; to reduce dislocations except in an emergency; to prescribe, administer, dispense or use in his practice drugs or medicines; or to use diagnostic or therapeutic methods involving prescription pharmaceuticals; or to sign death certificates; or to advise a patient against the use of a drug prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist. (b) Nothing in this section may be construed as restricting a licensed chiropractic physician from performing scholastic, sports, routine or other physical examinations, ordering or performing standard medical, laboratory or radiological or imaging procedures, as a means to assist in arriving at a diagnosis of the patient’s condition, or the utilizing of procedures, structural supports, devises, electric or otherwise, for the purpose of the chiropractic treatment, making an appropriate referral or recommending nutritional, herbal, homeopathic, enzyme or other non prescription pharmacological supplements or preparations. (c) A licensed chiropractic physician may render health care services, without undue restrictions, as any other physician under the Virgin Islands workers compensation law.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167l (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167l. Use of titles

 The title “Doctor”, “Doctor of Chiropractic” or its abbreviation “D.C.” shall not be used unless the chiropractic physician is the holder of an earned degree of Doctor of Chiropractic from an educational institution duly recognized by the Board, and the designation of “Chiropractic Physician,” “Doctor of Chiropractic,” or “Chiropractor” must appear immediately after the name. The name and designation “D.C.” may be used by the holder of an earned degree recognized by the Board.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 167m (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter X - Chiropractic|§ 167m. Penalties

 Whoever practices chiropractic in the Virgin Islands as covered by this subchapter without having first obtained the license prescribed herein, or willfully violates any of the provisions of this subchapter, or any rules and regulations issued hereunder, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168a. Practice of podiatry defined

 A podiatrist is a person licensed to practice podiatry who is entitled to perform any or all of the acts prescribed in this section. A person practices podiatry who holds himself out as able to and does diagnose, treat, operate and prescribe for any disease, injury, deformity or other condition of the foot, including surgery. Podiatric services are inclusive of the treatment of warts, leg ulcers, ingrown nails, corns, calluses, heel pain, fractures, skin lesions, and amputations or other surgeries limited to the foot. Any restrictions to the above will be determined by the governing board following review of the physician's credentials to determine appropriate training via residency, fellowship, or preceptorship. Nothing in this section shall confer the right to treat any other part of the human body, nor shall it be construed as permitting the treatment of fractures of the malleoli or cutting operations upon the malleoli.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168b. Unlawful practice of podiatry

 It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of podiatry in the Virgin Islands or to hold himself forth as a practitioner thereof or assume the title of “Doctor” in relation thereto, except as provided in this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168c. License required

 (a) Any person desiring to practice podiatry in the Virgin Islands shall first obtain a license to do so in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter provided, however, that no applicant for admission to the practice of podiatry shall be examined solely by a member who is a Podiatrist actively engaged in private practice. (b) A license issued pursuant to this subchapter for the practice of podiatry shall be issued for a period of two years.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168d. Powers and duties of Board

 The Board shall administer the provisions of this subchapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, and, without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, shall have the power and duty to: (a) Adopt an official seal; (b) Recommend the issuance, suspension, or revocation of licenses under this subchapter; (c) Adopt, amend and appeal rules, regulations and bylaws not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter, and in accordance with generally accepted podiatry standards relating to the organization of the Board, and the licensing and registration of practitioners under this subchapter, upon finding that such are necessary for the furtherance of the provisions of this subchapter, which rules, regulations or bylaws when approved by the Governor shall be deemed to be part of and of the same effect as this subchapter; (d) Employ counsel, subpoena witnesses, and administer oaths; (e) Submit to the Governor, through the Commissioner of Health, annual reports containing a summary of its work and other data which the Governor may request.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168e (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168e. Quorum; one member as supervisory board

 Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The chairman or any one member of the Board may constitute a supervisory board for the purpose of examining applicants for admission to practice.
V.I. Code tit. 27, § 168f (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 27 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 1 - Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Nurse-Midwifery|Subchapter XI - Podiatry|§ 168f. Application for license; qualifications

 (a) Applications for license shall be sent to the Board at least six weeks prior to the date of the examination and shall be accompanied by satisfactory proof that the applicant— (1) Is twenty-one years of age or over; (2) Is of good moral character; (3) Is not addicted to intemperate use of alcohol or narcotics; (4) Is a graduate of a four-year college of podiatric medicine which has been accredited by the American Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association. (b) There shall be no minimum residency requirement for persons applying to take the examination. (c) The residency requirement specified in subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to residents of the Virgin Islands who have been abroad studying or practicing podiatry. (d) This section shall not apply to individuals seeking preceptorship programs, internships and/or residency programs for the purposes of research and/or additional training in the field of podiatric medicine, providing that these individuals are approved by the Board of Podiatry Examiners.