Standards and Guidelines Manual
May 6, 2000

(c) 2000 by Canadian Society of Chiropractic Evaluators

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This document is directed to independent chiropractic evaluators for the purpose of standardizing the delivery of independent assessments and the resultant report. Other stakeholders may find this information useful. Statutory regulations may vary from region to region and will supersede any CSCE guideline or standard set out within this document.

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Table of Contents
Section I Preamble
1.0 About CSCE
1.1 CSCE Organizational Structure
2.0 Standards and Guidelines Committee Members
2.1 CSCE Board of Directors

Section II Introduction
3.0 Overview
4.0 CSCE Code of Ethics
4.1.1 Obligations to the insured person
4.1.2 Obligations to the chiropractic profession
4.1.3 Obligations to the referring party
4.1.4 Obligations to CSCE

Section III General Issues
5.0 Conflict of Interest
6.0 Video/Audio Taping
7.0 Third Party Attendance
8.0 Third Party Video Surveillance
9.0 Informed Consent
10.0 Fees
10.1 "No Show" and Cancellation Fee
11.0 Acting as an Expert Witness

Section IV Assessment and Report
12.0 Assessment
12.1 Referral
12.2 Intake
12.3 History
12.4 Assessment/Evaluation
12.4.1 Specialized Testing
12.5 Functional Abilities Evaluations (Functional Capacity Evaluations)
12.6 Imaging
12.7 Report
12.8 Re-assessments
12.9 Addenda

Section V Definitions and Annotations
13.1.1 Active Care
13.1.2 Acute
13.1.3 Assessment
13.1.4 Chronic
13.1.5 Complicated Case
13.1.6 Diagnosis
13.1.7 Disability
13.1.8 Duration
13.1.9 Efficacy

13.2.1 Elective Care
13.2.2 Frequency
13.2.3 Impairment
13.2.4 Insured Person
13.2.5 Maximum Medical Recovery/Improvement
13.2.6 Maximum Therapeutic Benefit
13.2.7 Natural History
13.2.8 Pain
13.2.9 Passive Care
13.2.10 Physician/Patient Dependence
13.2.11 Preventative/maintenance care

13.3.1 Reasonable
13.3.2 Reliability
13.3.3 Referring Party
13.3.4 Restorative/corrective care
13.3.5 Sincerity of Effort
13.3.6 Sub-acute
13.3.7 Supportive Care
13.3.8 Therapeutic Necessity
13.3.9 Treatment Plan

13.4.1 Uncomplicated Case
13.4.2 Validity
13.4.3 Vertebral Subluxation Complex

Appendices
A Fees Guideline
B Factors to consider in determining reasonableness of care
C Factors to consider in determining therapeutic necessity of care

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