KENTUCKY ASS'N, ETC. v. JEFFERSON CTY. MEDICAL SOC.


549 S.W.2d 817 (1977)

KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF CHIROPRACTORS, INC., Appellant, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY et al., Appellees. KENTUCKY STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS et al., Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Anggelis, Timothy C. Wills, Anggelis, Vimont & Bunch, P.S.C., Lexington, for appellant Kentucky Ass'n of Chiropractors, Inc.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., William W. Pollard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Dale Burchett, Glasgow, for appellant Kentucky State Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners.

Carl L. Wedekind, Jr., Stites, McElwain & Fowler, Louisville, for appellee Jefferson Cty. Medical Soc.

John P. Godfrey, Jr., Frankfort, for appellee Com. of Kentucky, Dept. for Human Resources.

Rudy Yessin, Frankfort, for appellee Kentucky State Bd. of Medical Licensure.

William T. Warner, Wood, Goldberg, Pedley & Stansbury, Louisville, for appellees International Clinical Laboratories of Kentucky, Inc., and Malcolm L. Barnes, M.D.


CLAYTON, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal requiring that we determine whether chiropractors are included in the phrase "other person authorized by law" of KRS 333.150 and .160 so as to authorize them to submit specimens from the human body to state-licensed medical laboratories and to use the reports thereby obtained in diagnosing human ailments. After carefully considering the issue, we are of the opinion the General Assembly has not so empowered practitioners...

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