NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Chiropractic Medicine has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Edward J. Leonard, D.C., on October 13, 2009. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement published on October 23, 2009, in Vol. 35, No. 42, of the Florida Administrative Weekly. Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation of Section 460.403, Florida Statutes, entitled “Definitions,” concerning whether petitioner is permitted to provide radiofrequency ablation, i.e., rhizotomy, services to his patients. The Board of Chiropractic Medicine considered the Petition at its meeting held on November 6, 2009, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Board’s Order filed on November 18, 2009, answered the petitioner’s question in the negative. It is the Board’s opinion that radiofrequency ablation and/or rhizotomy are outside the scope of practice of chiropractic medicine as defined in Section 460.403(9), Florida Statutes.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.