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Veterans Day 11.11.2010 - Thursday TCA District 5 Meeting 11.16.2010 - Tuesday TCA District 5 Meeting 12.07.2010 - Tuesday TCA Day at the Capitol -01.25.2011 - Tuesday TBCE Committees, and Board Meet 02.10.2011 - Thursday
practice of chiropractic and with the analysis, diagnosis, and other opinions described under this subsection. In specific, the court indicated that with the definition of subluxation complex, “an authorization to diagnose neuro-physiological aspects of the system is not consistent with the explicit authorization to diagnose only the ‘biomechanical condition’ of it.” It was reported by the TBCE that it appears that it was the specific language “...but not limited to…” that the judge objected to. Steps to remedy this concern are already underway and the appeals process moves forward.
TCA Mid Winter Conference 03.11.2011 - Friday
TCA Convention Weekend 06.09.2011 - Thursday TBCE Committees and Board Meet 08.11.2011 - Thursday TBCE Committees meet, and Board Meeting 11.17.2011 - Thursday
T h e Te x a s M e d i c a l Association and the Texas Medical Board initiated the suit and the Austin American Statesman reported that "the [medical] doctors argued that chiropractors can't diagnose patients because the word "diagnose" isn't mentioned in the law. Judge Yelenosky, however, disagreed. “The statute authorizes chiropractors to 'analyze, examine or evaluate' and therefore 'diagnose' certain conditions…” the judge has said. The Statesman reports:
TCA Board of Directors Meeting 03.12.2011 - Saturday TBCE Committees meet, and Board Meeting 05.19.2011 - Thursday
chiropractors MAY perform. On is manipulation of the spine while under anesthesia and the other is needle e l e c t r o m y o g r a p h y, a diagnostic test involving the insertion of a thin needle into a muscle to record the its electrical activity.
Judge Rules in TMA v TBCE District Judge Stephen Ye l e n o s k y s a i d t h a t chiropractors can diagnose “the biomechanical condition of the spine and the musculoskeletal system.” Ye t h i s r u l i n g p r o h i b i t s chiropractors from performing two procedures that the medical association disputes 7
"'When I saw that letter, that is a lot of what we contend,' said Jennifer Riggs, the attorney for the Texas Chiropractic Association, which joined in the case...." "David Bragg, a lawyer for the Texas Medical Association, and officials with the medical board applauded the judge's decision. 'We got the relief we were looking for,' Bragg said. 'People who practice medicine should go to school and obtain a medical license, and the judge's rule helps protect that.'" Texas Journal of Chiropractic