45:9-41.19 - Definitions
45:9-41.19 Definitions.
3.As used in P.L.1989, c.153 (C.45:9-41.17 et al.) and sections 7 through 14 and sections 19 and 20 of P.L.1953, c.233 (C.45:9-41.4 through C.45:9-41.13 inclusive):
a."Board" means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1989, c.153 (C.45:9-41.20).
b."Doctor of Chiropractic," "Chiropractor" or "Chiropractic Physician" means a person trained and qualified in the discipline of chiropractic whose license is in force and not suspended or revoked at the time in question.
A person licensed to practice chiropractic may use the title doctor, or its abbreviation, in the practice of chiropractic, however, it must be qualified by the words doctor of chiropractic, chiropractor or chiropractic physician, or its abbreviation, D.C. The use of the title doctor of chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractic physician, or its abbreviation, D.C., may be used interchangeably.
L.1989, c.153, s.3; amended 2009, c.322, s.3.