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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="3-205" title_number="3" title_name="Chiropractors" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Chiropractic Examiners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Summon witnesses, administer oaths, take affidavits, and take testimony about matters that relate to the duties of the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In accordance with the State budget, authorize payment of fees and travel expenses of witnesses who testify in any proceeding before the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Except for an office of a chiropractor in a hospital, related institution, freestanding medical facility, or freestanding birthing center, conduct an unannounced inspection of the office of a chiropractor against whom a complaint has been filed with the Board regarding a violation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines on standard precautions and related guidelines in regulations adopted by the Board to determine compliance with the guidelines at that office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Adopt an official seal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>File reports of its activities as required by the Secretary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Assist in prosecutions under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Investigate an alleged violation of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Adopt regulations governing preceptorships.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
