FEB 16, 1983

On (1) statutes governing physicians, osteopaths, chiropractors, nurses, or podiatrists authorize any or all of them to sign forms verifying a person's illness; (2) can a school board establish a policy which limits the kind of health practitioner the school will recognize as proof of an illness; and (3) by legal definition in South Carolina is a chiropractor classified as a physician.

Requested by: The Honorable Samuel R. Foster, Member, South Carolina House of Representatives.

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