Chiropractic Accreditor Gets Extra Scrutiny From Federal Panel

By Eric Kelderman

Alexandria, Va.

After four hours of public comments and deliberations, the federal panel that advises the education secretary on accreditation issues approved a standard motion recommending to continue a chiropractic-program accreditor's authority if it can clean up its act within a year. And the panel added a single sentence that will require the agency to do a better job of dealing with its constituents.

That sentence seemed to satisfy more than a dozen critics who had come from