Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00528 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 528
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1493
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 528 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1493

Referred to Committee on Public Health 

Introduced by:

SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSENT TO CHIROPRACTIC CERVICAL SPINE TREATMENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 372 of the general statutes be amended to require that a chiropractor obtain informed written consent from a patient prior to performing any procedure involving treatment of the patient's cervical spine. Such informed consent shall include information on the risks and possible side effects of such treatment, including the risk of chiropractic stroke.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require a chiropractor to obtain informed written consent from a patient prior to performing a procedure involving treatment of the patient's cervical spine.