In Kansas, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, where we read the published scope rules for these practitioners, dementia is not among the permitted categories of practice as we read them. 8 practitioners we analyzed advertise it anyway. Dementia is diagnosed by neurologists, geriatricians and primary care physicians using cognitive testing and imaging. Classifications reflect our review, not an adjudicated finding.
8Doc bros advertising it
13Advertised claims
3States with rules read
5Vulnerability tier
What the rules say
The rule each row was read against, in the state where that practitioner is licensed.
Kansas · Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic)
KSA 65-2871
Kansas · Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic)
K.S.A. 65-2871
Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania State Board of Chiropractic
63 P.S. § 625.102 (definition of chiropractic)
Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania Board of Physical Therapy
63 P.S. § 1309
Who advertises it
Listed by strength of the public record for this condition, not by any judgment of the person.
Checked against the cited rule text Chiropractor, Kansas · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 5 materials
“Alzheimer” From their own pages
Public content appears to address Alzheimer. That is outside a chiropractic license in Kansas: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.
Where it was publishedFull reportKSA 65-2871
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
Checked against the cited rule text Chiropractor, Minnesota · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
Checked against the cited rule text Chiropractor, Pennsylvania · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
“Worry about Alzheimer’s and dementia” Rule cited
Public content appears to address Worry about Alzheimer’s and dementia. That is outside a chiropractic license in Pennsylvania: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.
Named on the same page as Depression and Heart disease and cholesterol.
Where it was publishedFull report63 P.S. § 625.102 (definition of chiropractic)
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
Checked against the cited rule text Physical Therapist, Pennsylvania · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
“Worry about Alzheimer’s and dementia” Rule cited
Public content appears to address Worry about Alzheimer’s and dementia, which the cited rule text suggests may fall outside the Physical Therapist scope in Pennsylvania.
Named on the same page as Depression and Heart disease and cholesterol.
Where it was publishedFull report63 P.S. § 1309
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
Checked against the cited rule text Chiropractor, Minnesota · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
“Dementia” Rule cited
Public content appears to address Dementia. That is outside a chiropractic license in Minnesota: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.
Named on the same page as Autoimmune disease, Cancer and Candida, and 12 more conditions this license does not cover.
Where it was publishedFull reportMinn. Stat. § 148.01, Subd. 1(1)-(2)
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
Checked against the cited rule text Chiropractor, Minnesota · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
“Alzheimer’s and dementia” Rule cited
Public content appears to address Alzheimer’s and dementia. That is outside a chiropractic license in Minnesota: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.
Full reportMinnesota Statutes § 148.01, subd. 2
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
As we read the published rules Chiropractor, Kansas · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
Full dossier
As we read the published rules Chiropractor, Pennsylvania · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
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