L’ORDRE DES CHIROPRATICIENS
DU QUEBEC
TO THE FEDERATION OF
CHIROPRACTIC
LICENSING BOARDS
MEETING
Dr. Daniel
Saint-Germain, chiropractor
1st
Vice-President
April 23, 2002
As of March 31st, 2002, there are 1017
members of l’Ordre des chiropraticiens du Québec.
The reform of the professional system with the
health professions working group presided by an ex-College of physicians and
surgeons president, has produced a preliminary report. The highlights of that document are shown in
appendix 1.
According to the working group, the diagnosis
belongs to medical doctors only, all other health professionals can only
evaluate. The premises for such a position
in the new definition of a diagnosis which is
«a conclusion that requires an
exploration of all the body systems and necessitates a complete evaluation of
all organs.. Therefore, the objective
of a diagnosis is to determine the general health status of a person».
We are moving forward with the
intra-professional consultation and tele-consultation. The tele-radiology was officially announced
on March 3rd and the Order is offering a service for digitilisation
of the x-rays and transmission by internet to a chiropractic radiologist. We expect to have this affordable new
technology available to all chiropractors within a year. See appendix 2.
We are waiting the official recognition of the
chiropractic specialties by the CFCRB to finalise all other aspects of
tele-consultation.
The Order will also offer a laboratory
diagnostic service for all chiropractors. Dr. Yves Roy, D.C. and Dr. Christian
Linard, PhD. in clinical biochemistry, will be available to answer any requests
concerning prescription or interpretation of laboratory analyses.
The Order would like to thanks all the
provinces for their help in this matter.
The news are not good at this time.
The Minister of labour is a medical doctor and he has refused to abolish
the medical prescription for chiropractic care. The Minister responsible for the automobile insurance was
pro-chiropractic and announced a pilot project for direct access to
chiropractic care six months ago.
Unfortunately, this minister resigned last January and we do not have
much hope with the new one. In both
cases, we are waiting for the next provincial election and a new government!
Last June, the Quebec Chiropractic Association
filed a legal procedure against the Office des professions so that they would
stop writing that chiropractors have No right to diagnose and prescribe
laboratory analyses. The Order is
involved and support 100% the Association.
Following our lawyers’s advise, Dr. Daniel
Saint-Germain can only verbally discuss the situation so, enjoy his Quebec
ACCENT!
Dr. Normand Danis, chiropractor
President