Chiropractors Cannot Delegate Therapeutic Exercise To Unlicensed Staff, Panel Says

(September 24, 2018, 3:58 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania appeals panel on Sept. 21 affirmed a trial court judge’s ruling that under the Chiropractor Practices Act (CPA), a licensed chiropractor cannot delegate to an unlicensed staff member the supervision of therapeutic exercises for patients covered under the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL), finding that the testimony of an expert for State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. sufficiently demonstrated that a licensed chiropractor should be involved in the implementation of the exercises (State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. v. Robert J. Cavoto Jr., et al., No. 2593 EDA 2017, Pa. Super., 2018 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 3523)....

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