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Drafted legislation for the First Chiropractic law in the State of RI: 1917
                                                                                                 
Protection of the broad scope of licensure ( Current Sec. 20 as reorganized 1956: 5-30-11  Rights and duties of chiropractors.-Chiropractic physicians are entitled to the same services of the laboratories of the department of health and other institutions, are subject to the same duties and liabilities, and are entitled to the same rights and privileges in their professional calling pertaining to public health which are imposed or given by law or regulation upon or to physicians qualified to practice medicine by § 5-37-2; provided, that chiropractic physicians may not write prescriptions for drugs for internal medication nor practice major surgery.)