Because they have yet to pass national legislation protecting the chiropractic profession, Japanese DCs are in a similar situation that U.S. DCs faced. We were fortunate enough to be able to pass chiropractic licensure state by state. The DCs in Japan must accomplish this nationally, which has proved to be an extremely difficult task. And in spite of their efforts, Japanese DCs are currently faced with two chiropractic professions.
Interesting Quote
We are alleging that the CCE told the school what they had to do to become accredited, and the school had an extremely long period of time to comply but just failed to do so. Therein, they breached their fiduciary duties to the students of the school. - Dr. Joseph Hoffman,PC, attorney for 75 Life students in lawsuits against the chiropractic college, Dr. Sid Williams, and the board of trustees. (Source: Marietta Daily Journal, Nov. 1, 2002)