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,secret>y ( ,def5se to develop &        
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! date ( ! enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 !       
,secret>y ( ,def5se %all complete       
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s]vices--  7,a7 includes diagnosis      
7includ+ by diagno/ic x-ray te/s71      
evaluation & managem5t1 & !rapeutic     
s]vices = ! treatm5t ( a pati5t's heal? 
condition1 includ+ neuromusculoskeletal 
conditions & ! subluxation complex1 &   
su* o!r s]vices det]m9$ appropriate by !
 ,secret>y ( ,def5se & z au?oriz$ "u    

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section #ajgb7e7 ( title #aj1 ,unit$    
,/ates ,code4  7#c7 ,! t]m eligible     
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exclud+ a dep5d5t ( a memb] or =m] memb]
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#ajgb7b7 ( title #aj1 ,unit$ ,/ates     
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*iropractic physician1 or *iropractor by
 a ,/ate1 ! ,di/rict ( ,columbia1 or a  
t]ritory or possession ( ! ,unit$       
,/ates4  7#f7 ,! t]m ,,tric>e program   
has ! mean+ giv5 t t]m 9 section        
#ajgb7g7 ( title #aj1 ,unit$ ,/ates     
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