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The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners has interpreted Executive Order No. GA-09 (and other related state and federal orders) to have the following impact on the practice of chiropractic in Texas: In clinic or individual office settings, chiropractic care should cause no displacement of emergency resources, therefore the safe practice of chiropractic is allowed to continue. Chiropractors provide essential care, especially to other health care providers currently working as emergency care providers. All chiropractors must abide by local county or city orders that are more stringent than orders issued by the state or federal governments. In clinic or individual office settings, chiropractors should abide by the 10-person limits recommended by the CDC and Texas Department of State Health Services. Chiropractors should restrict treatment of chronic- and wellness care patients and focus only on patients requiring essential treatments. All licensees must, where possible, maintain the six-foot distance recommendations from the CDC and DSHS. Where individual contact is unavoidable for proper treatment, chiropractors MUST provide diligent protection from possible transmission by ensuring all sanitation and prevention protocols recommended by the CDC and DSHS are followed. As of noon Monday, March 23, the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Board) has NOT received any guidance from the State of Texas that there is a state-wide requirement that our licensees close their practices. However, those licensees in local jurisdictions (such as Dallas) that have implemented stricter restrictions must follow the orders of those local authorities. The Board cannot and will not question nor interpret a local jurisdiction's determination of what is and is not an essential service. Any licensee in a jurisdiction with more stringent requirements who has questions about those requirements should contact their local jurisdiction's health authority. _____________________________ Source: Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners