"Whatever Legal Means May Be Necessary to Remove DuVall's License Should Be Explored"
Dear Editor:
Thanks for including the article on Dr. Charles DuVall,DC (see "Dr. DuVall Schools New Jersey Health Benefits Commission on Limiting Chiropractic Services" in the April 5 issue). I don't understand why Dr. DuVall has been allowed to keep his chiropractic license from the Ohio State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. It appears to me he has publicly disavowed the chiropractic profession by joining the orthopractic group.
The chiropractic oath states, in part:
"I do hereby affirm before God and these assembled witnesses that I will keep this oath and stipulation: to hold in esteem and respect those who taught me this chiropractic healing art; to follow the methods of treatment which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients; to abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous; to stand ready at all times to serve my fellow man without distinction of race, color or creed ... while I continue to keep this oath unviolated, may it be granted me to enjoy life and the practice of the chiropractic healing art, respected by men at all times."
The Ohio State Board of Chiropractic Examiners should be questioned for granting a chiropractic license to Mr. DuVall. Whatever legal means may be necessary to remove DuVall's license should be explored.
Michael Spearman,DC
Mount Washington, California
