(FALLS CHURCH, VA-February 21, 2021) The International Chiropractors Association has launched Legal Defense Fund 2021 via PayPal as a portal for donations to be gathered to help our colleagues in British Columbia fight their restraint of trade battles.
The ICA since its founding has been willing to fight the hard fights to protect and promote chiropractic. Sometimes that means litigation. ICA has been asked to assist, and we are. We now ask our entire chiropractic community to support our British Columbia colleagues in this legal challenge.
The Situation in British Columbia In our press release of last week (https://www.chiropractic.org/u... british-columbia/) we detail and provide links to the relevant documents regarding the newly announced and immediately implemented restrictions on imaging. Last September ICA responded to the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia (CCBC) (the province regulators) regarding their red flag limits proposal, which was based on a single commissioned paper, “The clinical utility of routine spinal radiographs by chiropractors: a rapid review of the literature.” ICA found methodological flaws and a failure to comply with the framework established to conduct the literature review. The ICA finds no positive outcomes for the public or the profession by injecting onerous regulatory limits to a safe, well-established practice, while we can predict negative implications to patient outcomes.
It's Time to Take a Stand! Our colleagues in British Columbia are mounting a legal defense. If this regulation is not defeated in court and fully implemented, these ‘red flag’ limits on imaging will expand. Today it is British Columbia, next, it could be your province state or country. If there are future battles, we will continue to gather resources for those battles as needed. No monies donated to the ICA Legal Defense Fund 2021 will go to the ICA, all cleared funds go to the legal battle. Please visit https://www.chiropractic.org/l... and donate what you can today.
