New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 44E - STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS › Subchapter 3 - DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND OTHER SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS › Section 13:44E-3.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
As used in this subchapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Board" means the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
"Chiropractic physician" means a chiropractor holding a license issued by the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
"Clinically supported" means that a chiropractic physician, prior to selecting, performing or ordering the administration of a diagnostic test, has:
1. Personally performed a physical examination, making an assessment of any current and/or historical subjective complaints, observations, objective findings, or neurological indications;
2. Considered any and all previously performed tests relating to the patient's clinical condition and the results; and
3. Documented in the patient record positive and negative findings, observations and clinical indications to justify the test.
"Diagnostic test" means a professional service utilizing biomechanical, neurological, neurodiagnostic, radiological, vascular or any means, other than bioanalysis, intended to assist in establishing a diagnosis, for the purpose of recommending a course of treatment for the tested patient to be implemented by a chiropractic physician or other treating practitioner.
"Electrodiagnostic test" means a diagnostic test utilizing electrical current to measure and record electrical irritability, but is not intended to include surface electromyography (SEMG).
"Medical doctor" means an allopathic or osteopathic physician holding a plenary license issued by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
"Normal" or "normally" means the usual, routine, customary or common experience and conclusion, which may in unusual circumstances differ from the actual judgment or course of treatment. The unusual circumstances shall be based on clinically supported findings of a chiropractic physician. The use of these terms is intended to indicate some flexibility and avoid rigidity in the application of these rules and to recognize the good faith educated judgment of a chiropractic physician.
"Practitioner" means a licensee of a professional board authorized to render health care services, including, but not limited to, chiropractic physicians, medical doctors, podiatric physicians, physical therapists and registered professional nurses.
"Significant beneficial interest" means any financial interest but does not include ownership of a building wherein the space is leased to a person at the prevailing rate under a straight lease agreement or any interest held in publicly traded securities.
"Special examination" means a diagnostic test, other than electrodiagnostic test, that is not routinely utilized by chiropractic physicians in the course of ordinary practice, such as specialized imaging studies or vestibulo-ocular-nystagmus tests. "Special examination" does not include x-rays, computer-supported range of motion testing, applied kinesiology, gait analysis, postural analysis tests, or muscle testing devices, such as Dynatron or Cyber station.