New regulations passed
In 1937, upon the recommendation of the Honourable the Attorney-General, new regulations were passed which “further emphasized the requirement ‘by diagnosis’ for chiropractors by inserting the words ‘(including all diagnostic methods)’”. According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons this was an amendment: … that was vicious from the standpoint of the College and certainly contrary to the intention of the Legislature that those under The Drugless Practitioners Act were to be limited to ‘treatment’ in the ordinary meaning of the term as something quite apart from diagnosis. These expanded definitions have been troublesome to the College ever since, making it almost impossible to successfully prosecute a drugless practitioner for illegal practice, and laying a base for the right to enjoy the facilities of the Provincial Laboratories as a diagnostic aid.