In Kansas and Pennsylvania, where we read the published scope rules for these practitioners, multiple sclerosis is not among the permitted categories of practice as we read them. 4 practitioners we analyzed advertise it anyway. Multiple sclerosis is diagnosed by neurologists using imaging and managed with disease-modifying prescription therapy. Classifications reflect our review, not an adjudicated finding.
4Doc bros advertising it
4Advertised claims
2States 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)
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
Kansas · Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic)
KSA 65-2871
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 · 1 material
“Multiple sclerosis (MS)” From their own pages
Public content appears to address Multiple sclerosis (MS). That is outside a chiropractic license in Kansas: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.
Named on the same page as ADHD, Anxiety and Autoimmune disease, and 12 more conditions this license does not cover.
Where it was publishedArchived copyFull reportK.S.A. 65-2871
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
Checked against the cited rule text Chiropractor, Pennsylvania · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 2 materials
“Multiple Sclerosis” From their own pages
Public content appears to address Multiple Sclerosis. That is outside a chiropractic license in Pennsylvania: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.
Named on the same page as Autoimmune disease, Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and Lyme disease.
Where it was publishedArchived copyFull 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
“Multiple Sclerosis” From their own pages
Public content appears to address Multiple Sclerosis, which the cited rule text suggests may fall outside the Physical Therapist scope in Pennsylvania.
Named on the same page as Autoimmune disease, Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and Lyme disease.
Where it was publishedArchived copyFull report63 P.S. § 1309
Full dossierBoard complaint packet
Checked against the cited rule text Chiropractor, Kansas · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material
“Multiple Sclerosis” From their own pages
Public content appears to address Multiple Sclerosis. That is outside a chiropractic license in Kansas: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.
Named on the same page as Autism, Autoimmune disease and Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, and 12 more conditions this license does not cover.
Where it was publishedArchived copyFull reportKSA 65-2871
Full dossier
Where this care belongs
Must refer to: A neurologist.
Multiple sclerosis is diagnosed by neurologists using imaging and managed with disease-modifying prescription therapy.
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