Court Opinion

ID: 9733404
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 17:06:29.050223+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:41.026934
License: Public Domain

Williams, C.J.
(concurring). While I concur generally with my brother Brickley’s opinion, I write separately to stress that our holding today does not limit the practice of chiropractic solely to *345those practices enumerated in the chiropractic statute, but to these enumerated practices and all other practices not declared to be within the exclusive jurisdiction of a different healing art or a practice totally prohibited to anyone.
It is my understanding of the Michigan philosophy with respect to the practice of the healing arts that there is room for health-care professionals with a wide range of skills and doctrines to coexist so long as they do not infringe upon the exclusive statutory authority of any other group or indulge in practices the Legislature has prohibited because experience has indicated such practices are not in the interests of health or the public.
That some of the healing arts are limited to some professionals is a matter exquisitely within the jurisdiction of the Legislature. As the practice of the healing arts in Michigan reveals, the Legislature has moved with the progress of science and learning and with the progress in the qualifications of the various professional groups to expand or limit the areas of practice as appropriate. The only function of the courts in this area is to interpret and declare the legislative will.
Riley, J., took no part in the decision of this case.