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Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Milestones. Show all posts
8/12/24

Milestones: 1970-2000

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The last two-thirds of the 20th century continued to see changes in and about the chiropractic profession.  On January 20, 1970 the executiv...
8/04/24

TCA Sues UIL (August 2002, Texas Journal of Chiropractic), a Brief History

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A  July 2012 article in the Texas Medical Association’s Texas Medicine  noted that:  “Current UIL guidelines require pre-participation physi...
3/19/24

DWC Adopts Designated Doctor Bill and Reimbursement Rule Changes

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Exciting news! Chiropractors and other health care providers involved in the designated doctor program are FINALLY getting a raise, thanks i...
2/15/24

Decision in Chiropractic Acupuncture Trial Stands

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An agreement has been reached in the case of  Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (TAAOM) v. Texas Board of Chiropractic ...
1/19/24

Chiropractic Prevails in Acupuncture Trial

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A District Court in Travis County sided with chiropractic in the  Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (TAAOM) v. Texas Bo...
10/15/23

Jack Christi, D.C., Runs for Mayor of Houston

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Former Houston City Council Member Jack Christie, DC, founder of Memorial Chiropractic Clinic in Houston and a practicing chiropractor for m...
5/07/23

2023

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The first licensed Black Chiropractor of Texas,  Rev. Romanuel Washington, Jr., DC,  passed away on April 12, 2023.
5/01/23

2017

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A record of four pro-chiropractic bills were signed into law. Around 600  DCs, staff, students, faculty and patients met at the Capitol to a...
4/30/23

2016

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In 2016 the TCA celebrated its centennial year. 
4/28/23

2014

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The Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (TAAOM) whose members are licensees of a “sub-board” of the Texas Medical Board, ...
4/08/23

2006

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The AMA announced an industry consortium known as the “Scope of Practice Partnership” (SOPP) that included as one of its founding members th...
4/07/23

2003

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T he TCA’s MGCT study demonstrated cost effectiveness of chiropractic care within the Texas Workers’ Compensation System.  A law including c...
4/06/23

2002

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The University Interscholastic League (UIL) prohibited chiropractic doctors from performing and signing school physicals.  TCA filed a lawsu...
4/05/23

2001

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The Texas Chiropractic Association was actively included and consulted in legislative negotiations regarding the overhaul of the Texas Worke...
4/04/23

1990

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The Wilk trials and appeals continued from 1976 until 1990, when the US Supreme Court refused to take up AMA appeals to overturn the favorab...
3/26/23

1981

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The Wilks v AMA plaintiffs lost at the first trial in 1981, but obtained a new trial on appeal in 1983.
3/22/23

1977

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AMA reluctantly makes 3 policy changes subsequent to the Wilk antitrust lawsuit. The first would allow the referral of patients between chir...
3/21/23

1976

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In 1976, Chester Wilk  and four other chiropractors sued the AMA and others for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
3/19/23

1974

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The Chiropractic act of Louisiana is the last state chiropractic act passed.
3/08/23

1963

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The AMA forms its  committee on Quackery. Its primary mission: to  contain and eliminate the profession of chiropractic .