Mindy Hetzer Pelz

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In the Matter of:
Mindy Hetzer Pelz
License No. [LICENSE NUMBER, IF KNOWN]
Empowering Women’s Health & Aging
NPI (public registry): 1740391564

I. INTRODUCTION

Complainant respectfully submits this complaint to the CALIFORNIA BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS requesting formal investigation and regulatory review concerning Mindy Hetzer Pelz (the Respondent), practicing through Empowering Women’s Health & Aging.

The public materials reviewed appear to present representations concerning the identification and management of health conditions, including The Menopause Reset, Hormones & Menopause, hormones, fasting, detox, and Detox program or detox guidance, that may extend beyond the D.C scope in California.

This complaint is based exclusively upon publicly available materials and does not rely upon confidential patient records, privileged communications, or non-public investigative information. The factual observations herein were assembled from an automated public-record review of the Respondent's public website and public registry records, and were reviewed and adopted by the Complainant. All observations are potential, unverified signals from public records; the Board is the sole finder of fact.

The principal public materials reviewed include https://drmindypelz.com/, https://x.com/Familylifechiro/status/11798000294, https://x.com/Familylifechiro/status/11099443113, https://x.com/Familylifechiro/status/11791312646, https://x.com/Familylifechiro/status/41216085382529024 and the public registry and license verification sources listed in the exhibit index below.

II. STATEMENT OF FACTS

A. Public Marketing Representations

Publicly posted content appears to describe the subject in connection with “women’s health, hormones, and aging” and to promote “handpicked products that support hormone balance, energy, and overall well-being.” The content also appears to use the representation “The Menopause Reset.”

B. Scope of Practice Concerns

Public content appears to address The Menopause Reset, Hormones & Menopause, hormones, and hormone-balance product recommendations. The provided public-record review describes a California chiropractic license as covering the spine, joints, and muscles, and not diagnosing or treating menopause or hormone imbalance. Public content also appears to address fasting, detox and detox guidance, peptide-based dietary supplements, a gut-support soil-derived supplement, Fast Like a Girl, Chromium Complex, and Berberine. The review characterizes these topics as potentially outside the California D.C. scope under the applicable licensing rules, with fasting, peptide-based dietary supplements, the gut-support soil-derived supplement, Fast Like a Girl, Chromium Complex, and Berberine described as gray areas.

C. Complainant's Own Experience

[DESCRIBE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, IF ANY]

III. AREAS OF CONCERN

COUNT I: PRACTICE BEYOND THE LICENSED SCOPE

Cited authority: the state's chiropractic practice act and board advertising rules.

The public materials described in the Statement of Facts above appear to address The Menopause Reset, Hormones & Menopause, hormones, fasting, detox, Detox program or detox guidance, Peptide-based dietary supplements, Gut-support soil-derived supplement, Hormone-balance product recommendations, Fast Like a Girl, Chromium Complex, and Berberine, which the cited rule text suggests may fall outside the D.C scope.

The conduct described above raises substantial concerns under the state's chiropractic practice act and board advertising rules and warrants Board investigation.

COUNT II: ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC REPRESENTATION CONCERNS

Cited authority: the state's chiropractic practice act and board advertising rules.

The public marketing representations and testimonials described above appear to present the practice's services without consistently identifying the limits of the D.C scope or the practitioner's credentials.

The conduct described above raises substantial concerns under the state's chiropractic practice act and board advertising rules and warrants Board investigation.

IV. RELIEF REQUESTED

A. Formal investigation of the conduct described herein, including review of the Respondent's public advertising, website representations, consultation materials, and commercial structures.

B. A determination by the Board of whether the conduct described herein is consistent with the statutes and rules cited above.

C. Such disciplinary action as the Board deems appropriate based on its own investigation and findings, up to the maximum authorized for any violation the Board finds.

D. Corrective relief, where the Board deems appropriate, including requiring the Respondent to correct or remove the specific public representations described above and, if the conduct continues, seeking injunctive relief through a court of competent jurisdiction.

E. To the extent within the Board's authority, review of the revenues derived from the consultations, care plans, and product sales described above, and consideration of restitution for consumers who relied on the representations to their financial or physical detriment.

F. Such other and further relief as the Board deems just and proper to protect the public.

Respectfully submitted,

[YOUR NAME]

[YOUR MAILING ADDRESS]

[YOUR EMAIL AND PHONE]

[DATE]

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