{"id":1677,"date":"2020-09-10T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2021-02-18T12:28:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:28:16","slug":"ica-responds-to-proposed-onerous-regulatory-change-in-british-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/ica-responds-to-proposed-onerous-regulatory-change-in-british-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"ICA Responds to Proposed Onerous Regulatory Change in British Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>10 September 2020 (Falls Church, VA):\u00a0<\/strong>This week, at the request of our members in the Canadian Province of British Columbia, the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) submitted an evidence-based response to the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia (CCBC) request for public input on analyzing the use of routine and repeat spinal radiography, such as x-rays with an intent to amend the Professional Conduct Handbook (PCH) as a result. These draft amendments are now\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chirobc.com\/public-consultation-on-the-use-of-radiography\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a>\u00a0for public consultation.\u00a0The CCBC provided a single paper as the research to support this action, a rapid review of the literature titled, \u201cThe clinical utility of routine spinal radiographs by chiropractors: a rapid review of the literature.\u201d<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Our response was submitted through our Canadian Director, Dr. Bradly Lohrenz.\u00a0Having assessed the rapid review, the ICA noted in our response methodological flaws, a failure to comply with the framework established to conduct the literature review, and inherent bias. Dr. Stephen Welsh, ICA President stated, \u201cWe have asked the CCBC to reject the changes as we find no positive outcome for the public or the profession by injecting onerous regulatory limits to a safe, well-established practice.\u00a0Furthermore, we can predict negative implications to patient outcomes.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The ICA response also noted that among the researchers involved was Dr. Pierre C\u00f4t\u00e9, who last year published an editorial in a Canadian news outlet which included a particularly prejudicial opinion, \u201cChiropractors who adhere to vitalism and chiropractic subluxation theories are a danger to patients\u2019 health and a threat to public health.&#8221;<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Dr. Welsh went on to state, \u201cThe prejudice Dr. C\u00f4t\u00e9 brings to the any study invalidates the soundness of its outcomes. Given this prejudice against a majority of chiropractors, his continued position of authority in academia is troubling.\u00a0Every day, the ICA is focused on its mission to protect and promote chiropractic throughout the world as a distinct health care profession predicated upon its unique philosophy, science, and art of subluxation detection and correction. Our comments can be read\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ICA2CCBC\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Corso, M., et al.,\u00a0<em>The clinical utility of routine spinal radiographs by chiropractors: a rapidreview of the literature.<\/em>\u00a0Chiropr Man Therap, 2020. 28(1): p. 33.2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cote, P.,\u00a0<em>Re Critics Call For Outside Regulation Of Chiropractors (Jan. 2)<\/em>, in\u00a0<em>Globe and Mail<\/em>2019: Globe and Mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 September 2020 (Falls Church, VA):\u00a0This week, at the request of our members in the Canadian Province of British Columbia, the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/ica-responds-to-proposed-onerous-regulatory-change-in-british-columbia\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,31,4],"tags":[60,59,10,57,58],"class_list":["post-1677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-advocacy","category-press-release","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-chiropractic","tag-imaging","tag-upper-cervical"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1679,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions\/1679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiropractic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}