Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation › Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing › Part 17 - Licensure and Discipline of Chiropractic Physicians (216-RICR-40-05-17) › Section 216-RICR-40-05-17.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Wherever used in these rules and
				  regulations, the following terms shall be construed as follows:
1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-30,
				  entitled "Chiropractic Physicians."
2. "Board" means the state Board of
				  Chiropractic Physicians within the Rhode Island Department of Health,
				  established pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-30-1.1.
3. "Practice of chiropractic medicine" means
				  as defined pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-30-1.
4. "Chiropractic physician" means an
				  individual licensed to practice chiropractic medicine pursuant to the
				  provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of this Part.
5. "Department" means the Rhode Island
				  Department of Health.
6. "Director"
				  means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.
7. "Division" means the Division of
				  Professional Licensing, Boards && Commissions, Rhode Island Department
				  of Health.
8. "Hour of instruction"
				  means a documentable unit of participation in a learning experience in a
				  chiropractic medicine-related subject as:
a.
				  Approved by the Council on Chiropractic Education; or
b. Conducted by the Chiropractic Society of
				  Rhode Island (C.S.R.I., Inc.) or by the major chiropractic society or
				  association in another state or jurisdiction and approved by the Division;
				  or
c. Approved courses and programs
				  by the FCLB Providers of Approved Chiropractic Education (PACE); or
d. Completion of post-graduate study at an
				  educational session or institution approved by the Division.
e. For the purposes of approval by the
				  Division, an educational session(s) may be audited by a Board member without
				  charge. Provided, however, said educational session may not be applied toward
				  the Board member's own continuing education requirement as described of this
				  Part.
9. "Licensure" is
				  synonymous with the term "certification" for the purposes of the rules and
				  regulations of this Part.
10.
				  "Physiotherapist" means an individual licensed to practice physiotherapy/
				  chiropractic medicine in this state pursuant to the provisions of the Act and
				  the regulations of this Part.
11.
				  "Physiotherapy" means the treatment and instruction of human beings within the
				  scope of chiropractic medical practice as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-30-1,
				  to prevent, correct, alleviate and limit physical disability, physical
				  dysfunction, and pain from injury, disease and any other bodily conditions,
				  including the use of physical measures, activities, and devices, for prevention
				  and therapeutic purposes; and the provision of consultative, educational, and
				  other advisory services for the purpose of reducing the incidence and severity
				  of physical disability, physical dysfunction and pain. No person licensed to
				  practice physiotherapy shall represent him/herself out as practicing physical
				  therapy as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-40, and the regulations adopted
				  thereunder.