Opinion ID: 2187527
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: findings of lower tribunals

Text: Defendant's practices and procedures that were ultimately enjoined were treated in the following manner in the course of the development of the record before us. The hearing officer, Board of Chiropractic, trial court, and the Court of Appeals found that the taking of x-rays of the elbow exceeded the scope of the practice of chiropractic. The hearing officer, trial court, and the Court of Appeals found that the giving of a general physical examination and the use of urine and hair samples also exceeded the scope of chiropractic, but the board found their use to be within the practice of chiropractic. The hearing officer and the board were in agreement that the execution of an employment approval physical form was within the purview of chiropractic under the act, but the trial court and the Court of Appeals found it to be outside the act. All four bodies found the use of ultrasound, diathermy, and galvanic procedures to be outside the practice of chiropractic, with the exception that the board held that the galvanic current procedure could be used for diagnostic purposes. Finally on the question of the prescription and sale of vitamins, the hearing officer and the board found it within the scope of chiropractic, while the courts disagreed.