Maine § 554. - Display of license; rights
Full text of Maine Maine Revised Statutes § 554. — Display of license; rights, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 554.. Display of license; rights
When the board grants to an individual the license mentioned in section 552, the license must designate the holder as a doctor of chiropractic or a chiropractor. The license entitles the individual to whom it is granted to practice chiropractic in this State in all of its branches of discipline, except obstetrics, so far as the same relates to parturition, the administering of drugs and the performance of surgical operations with the use of instruments, except as allowed by law. This section may not be construed to prohibit a legally licensed doctor of chiropractic in this State from practicing surgery after having passed a satisfactory examination before the State Board of Licensure in Medicine. [PL 2009, c. 112, Pt. A, §3 (AMD).]
Source: official Maine text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 554. ("Display of license; rights") is part of the Maine Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Maine. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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