Library : Useful Websites : Jurisprudence (California)

Life West provides links to external websites as a service to students who want to diversify their studies.  No endorsement is implied.

The following information is well summarized in Life West's publication "The California Law Examination" (PDF, 1 p.) 

California Board of Chiropractic Examiners http://www.chiro.ca.gov/   The website has links for consumers, licensees, and business (functions of the Board).   CBCE recommends that its site be reviewed monthly for regulatory and informational updates.  Decisions Pending page includes instructions for commenting on procedures and proposed regulations. 

The CBCE requires chiropractors applying for state licensure to pass the law and professional practice examination.  It contains questions that may reference the law in any of the codes or regulatory sections.

In preparing to take the exam, there are several links to review at the Board's site:

• Exam Information showing links to key sections of the California Code
• Frequently Asked Questions pages links to several documents that may highlight legal requirements 
• Chiropractic Initiative Act of 1922 (PDF, 9 p.) with references to amending statutes

• Board of Chiropractic Examiners Rules and Regulations  (PDF, 50 p. as of June 2010 revision) based on Title 16.  Professional and Vocational Regulations   Division 4. State Board of Chiropractic Examiners    Section 301 forward.     This document notifies readers as follows:  While every effort is made to assure that the information on this Web site is current, always refer to the California Code of Regulations to guarantee the most current information.
   
  

To use the Westlaw service to see the latest official version of the Code:

• Click on: List of CCR Titles
• Click on: Title 16. Professional and Vocational Regulations (PDF)
• Click on the plus sign "+" for Division 4, State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
• Click on the plus sign "+" to review Articles 1-9 and each Section in this Division, starting with Section 301.

In case there is a need to find each instance of "Chiropractic" or "Chiropractor(s)" in the 29 California codes, a search engine is available at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html. Here are some options for finding full text of the codes that apply to chiropractic:

• To see full text of an entire code:

Checkmark one of the codes, leave keyword text box blank, click Search.

• To search selected codes by keyword (chiropractic or chiropractor/s): 

Checkmark one or more codes, enter keyword chiropract* in textbox, expand Limit to "200" documents, click Search.

• To search all the codes by keyword (chiropractic or chiropractor/s):

Checkmark “All” codes, enter chiropract* in keyword textbox, expand Limit to “200” documents, click Search.  (As of August 2010, the search engine reported 112 documents.  Only the links to documents representing the current version of the law will be displayed.)

The following codes include at least one section that mentions chiropractic:

Business and Professions Civil Civil Procedure Corporations Education Evidence Government Health and Safety Insurance

Labor Penal Revenue and Taxation Unemployment Insurance Vehicle Welfare and Institutions as of August 2010

More instructions for searching the codes database are available at California Law Help Page Index.