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California Chiropractic Association
CCA worked the bills listed below in 2011.
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AB 25 (Hayashi) - Signed by the Governor.
Requires a student athlete who is
suspected of sustaining a concussion or
head injury to be evaluated and receive
a written clearance by a licensed health
care provider prior to returning to play.
CCA actively supported this bill and successfully
advocated strongly to ensure
that doctors of chiropractic are eligible to
evaluate and clear a student athlete suspected
of having suffered a concussion.
AB 374 (Hayashi) - Hearing canceled by
the author in the Senate policy committee.
This measure would have licensed and
regulated athletic trainers by an Athletic
Trainer Licensing Committee established
within the Medical Board of California.
CCA actively engaged in meetings with
the bill sponsor to address our concerns
and was instrumental in raising the issue
to the author. The two main issues raised
pertain to the ability of athletic trainers to
diagnose and perform mobilization procedures.
AB 584 (Fong) - Vetoed by the Governor.
Would have required all physicians performing
workers’ compensation utilization
review to possess a California license.
CCA supported this measure.
AB 783 (Hayashi) - Died. Would have
added licensed physical therapists and
occupational therapists to the list of healing
arts practitioners who may be employees
of a chiropractic corporation, medical
corporation, and podiatric medical
corporation. CCA successfully sought an
amendment to ensure the inclusion of chiropractic
corporation in this measure.
ACA 10 (Gatto) - Hearing canceled by
the author in the Assembly policy committee.
This measure would have authorized
the Legislature to amend or repeal an initiative
statute under specified provisions.
CCA strongly opposed this measure and
was instrumental in raising concerns to
the author. This bill would have given the
authority to the Legislature to unilaterally
change the Chiropractic Initiative Act – the
licensing law for doctors of chiropractic.
SB 51 (Alquist) - Signed by the Governor.
Requires specified health plans and
insurers to comply with specified medical
loss ratios. CCA supported this measure.
SB 543 (Steinberg, Price, Hayashi) -
Signed by the Governor. Prohibits the
Physical Therapy Board of California
from taking disciplinary actions against
licensed physical therapists who are currently
employed by chiropractic, medical
or podiatric corporations for a period of
one year. CCA strongly supported this
measure.
SB 628 (Yee) - Failed passage in the Assembly
policy committee. SB 628 would
have established a traditional Chinese
Medicine traumatology certification to allow,
among other things, those certified
to perform manipulation. CCA strongly
opposed this measure for public safety
concerns.
SB 690 (Hernandez) - Stalled in the
Senate fiscal committee. SB 690 would
have prohibited a state-licensed health
care service plan contract or health insurance
policy, under specified circumstances,
from discriminating against any
health care provider who is acting within
the scope of that provider’s license. CCA
strongly supported this measure.
SB 826 (Leno) - Signed by the Governor.
Requires the Workers’ Compensation
administrative director to assess an
administrative penalty against a claims
administrator for a violation of data reporting
requirements. CCA supported this
measure.
SB 924 (Walters) - Stalled in the Senate
fiscal committee. The measure would
have permitted patient direct access to
physical therapists for up to 30 days without
a diagnosis or referral from a doctor
of chiropractic, medical doctor or doctor
of osteopathy. CCA strongly opposed this
measure and was instrumental in raising
public safety concerns to the Legislature.
dr john scaringe interview
Q&A With Dr. John Scaringe
Dr. Dennis Buckley recently interviewed
Dr. John Scaringe, the president
of Southern California University
of Health Sciences.
Dennis Buckley: Hey everybody,
this is Dr. Dennis Buckley with the
SCORE program - Student Chiropractors
on the Road to Excellence - from
the classroom to the clinic on parallel
success. Thank you so much for taking
time out of your very busy schedule
to share your insights.
We’re going to get right into this and
we’ll start off this way: where did you
go to school, and what year did you
graduate?
JS: I went to the New York Chiropractic
College, and I graduated in 1987.
DB: What were you like as a student?
JS: I think I would categorize myself
as a good student. Prior to entering
chiropractic college, I was in public
education as a health and physical
education teacher, as well as an
athletic coach in high school and in
college. Chiropractic was a second
career choice for me. I was in practice
for about three to four years as a
public school educator before deciding
to attend chiropractic college.
As a student athlete myself, I went to
chiropractors quite a bit whenever I
suffered from sports related injuries;
all three of my brothers and I would
see our chiropractor. So, I decided to
become a chiropractic physician to be
around athletics and sports, because
I experienced firsthand the benefits
of chiropractic care for athletes.
I was not right out of school and was
already in the workforce, so I was a
little more mature than some students
entering professional school
right after their undergraduate studies.
I was a conscientious student
for the most part. While in school, I
attended a lot of weekend seminars
to expand my knowledge base and
widen my perspective on chiropractic
and healthcare.
In school I prioritized my studying by
taking a more realistic look at the material
and trying to understand concepts;
I focused on the information
that I thought was necessary to be a
great physician—at least that was my
goal. So I hope that gives you some
insight of how I was as a student.
DB: Were there certain habits that
you may have developed consciously
or unconsciously when you got
into chiropractic college that you
look back on now and say this really
served you well?
JS: That’s a great question. Off the
top of my head, the two main habits
that I developed were being, 1) goal
oriented, and 2) open to diverse opinion.
Again, I think that was something
that I did as an athlete, and I think
Dr. John Scaringe, President
So. Calif. University of Health Sciences
those habits transitioned nicely in my
daily life both professionally and personally.
So I would say having goals
and being open to diverse opinion.
I was never close minded, and I hate
to use the term, evidence-based, but
I was. I was seeking answers. I don’t
think I was a skeptic, but I wouldn’t
just take things at face value. I did
research, read a lot, and tried to understand
more about the things that
were presented to me. I believe being
open to diverse opinions and being
evidenced-based really benefited
me in my private practice and in my
personal life, and as an educator and
president as well.
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