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Can a chiropractor treat chronic childhood illness?

Conditions that named non-physician doctors, mostly chiropractors, list as things they treat, grouped by who is most at risk if the advertised care is wrong. Every name links to the full dossier, the page it was said on, and the state rule we read it against.

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In Missouri, where we read the published scope rules for these practitioners, chronic childhood illness is not among the permitted categories of practice as we read them. One practitioner we analyzed advertises it anyway. Chronic illness in a child is investigated and managed by pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. A chiropractic license covers the spine and musculoskeletal system, not the diagnosis of a child's chronic illness. Classifications reflect our review, not an adjudicated finding.

1Doc bros advertising it
2Advertised claims
1States with rules read
1Vulnerability tier

What the rules say

The rule each row was read against, in the state where that practitioner is licensed.

Missouri · Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners

RSMo §331.010(1)

Who advertises it

Listed by strength of the public record for this condition, not by any judgment of the person.

Jaban M Moore

Checked against the cited rule text

Chiropractor, Missouri · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material

“Children's chronic illness” Listed on their site

Public content appears to address Children's chronic illness, which the cited rule text suggests may fall outside the Chiropractor scope in Missouri.

Where it was publishedArchived copyFull reportRSMo §331.010(1)

“Chronic Childhood Illness” Rule cited

Public content appears to address Chronic Childhood Illness, which the cited rule text suggests may fall outside the Chiropractor scope in Missouri.

Listed on the same page as Childhood OCD and tics, Developmental and behavioral regression and Lyme disease, and 2 more conditions this license does not cover.

Where it was publishedFull reportRSMo §331.010(1)

Full dossierBoard complaint packet

Where this care belongs

Must refer to: A pediatrician or a pediatric subspecialist.

Chronic illness in a child is investigated and managed by pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. A chiropractic license covers the spine and musculoskeletal system, not the diagnosis of a child's chronic illness.

Find one in Missouri

Every row links to the page it came from and to the rule we read it against. People listed here were confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number. Classifications reflect our review, not an adjudicated finding. Records may share a common name with someone else, may be incomplete, or may have since been resolved, dismissed, or overturned. This section is analysis and opinion, not legal advice.

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