Commission members
A Wellington lawyer. Mr > B D. Inglis, has been appointed chairman of the Commission of Inquiry intc' chiropractic. which will study the contribution the science could make to New Zealand’s health services. Two other Wellington per ton- are also on the commission. Mr T. A Rafter, a scientist, and Miss Bettv I raser. a headmistress. The commission will be required to report on the desirability of providing health benefits under the
Social Security Act and! medical and related benefits under the Accident Compensation Act in respect ofi chiropractic services, and if I it is thought fit that such benefits should be provided. The commission will also i inquire into the practice and! philosophy of chiropractic. I its scientific and educational basis, and whether it con-i stitutes a separate healingart: the contribution it could make to our health services: and other relevant matters. | The commission must re i port by March 31, 1979.
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