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Methodology and standards

What KinaVara says and where it comes from. Every claim cites its source, so you can read the original yourself.

120 of 216 scope statuses covered80 guidance documents

How we source

Every claim points back to the document that decides it. We describe and link; we never reproduce.

Practice acts

The state statute that defines each profession and what its licensees may do. The law is the final word on scope.

Board rules and opinions

How each licensing board interprets its practice act, including formal opinions. These change more often than statutes, so we record the date we read them.

Issuing bodies' own documents

Position statements, guidelines and consensus statements, read from the organization that published them, never from a summary of a summary.

We link
Every source opens on the publisher's own site, with the domain shown before you click.
We summarize
Summaries are in our own words, written from the original. Where one is not ready, the page says so.
We never reproduce
We do not copy statute text, guideline text or abstracts. The original is always one click away.
We date
Every status and summary carries the date it was last updated, so you can tell how fresh it is.

Where to look things up

The sources we rely on, grouped by what they answer. Each description is ours; each link opens the source itself.

Evidence and literature

Education and exams

Regulators and associations

News and workforce data

How a status is decided

Topic pages show one status per profession. Each uses a shape, a color and a word together, so it never depends on color alone.

The four scope statuses and what each means
StatusShapeWhat it means
Generally within scopeFilled circleThe practice acts and board rules for this profession generally include the activity. It is a national picture: your state can still differ, and the page links to where to check.
Varies by stateHalf-filled circleStates genuinely differ: some include the activity, some exclude it, some attach conditions such as extra training. The national picture cannot answer the question; your state's rules decide.
Not typically within scopeStruck circlePractice acts for this profession generally do not include the activity. Exceptions may exist, and the note beside the status says what is known.
Not yet coveredDashed circleWe have not researched this profession on this topic yet. It says nothing either way about whether the activity is permitted.

What every status comes with

  1. Step 1

    Its sources

    The practice acts, board rules or guidance the status rests on, linked from the page so you can read them yourself.
  2. Step 2

    A plain note

    One sentence on why the status reads the way it does, including where states differ.
  3. Step 3

    The date it was last updated

    Rules change. The date tells you how recent the status is; your board's current rules always come first.
Scope statuses covered so far120 of 216 · 56%

Guidance status

Position statements and guidelines are replaced over time. Each document in the guidance library carries one of three statuses.

Guidance statuses and what each means
StatusWhat it means
CurrentThe issuing body's latest version on this subject, as far as we have recorded.
SupersededReplaced by a newer version. We keep it listed, struck through, with a link to its successor, so older citations stay traceable.
WithdrawnRetracted by the issuing body without a direct replacement. Listed so you know not to rely on it.

Editorial independence

Reference content is only useful if nobody can buy their way into it.

  • No paid placement in reference content

    No vendor, school, association or course provider pays to appear on a profession, topic, guidance or licensing page, or to change what it says.

  • Sponsorship, if it ever comes, lives in a labelled directory

    Any future sponsored listing would sit only in a clearly labelled directory, separate from reference pages, and marked as sponsored on every listing.

  • Recommendations are never for sale

    Where we suggest a tool, a course of action or a resource, it is because it fits the reader, not because anyone paid. That rule has no exceptions.

KinaVara’s clinical founder also writes continuing education courses. Those are listed separately, never inside reference content, and every board approval is stated board by board, including when there is none.

Corrections

If something here is wrong or out of date, we want to know, and we fix it in the open.

  1. Step 1

    You report it

    Tell us the page, what is wrong, and where the correct information comes from if you know. A link to the board rule or the issuing body's page helps most.
  2. Step 2

    We check it against the source

    We compare the claim with the primary source. If the source has changed, the status and its date are updated together.
  3. Step 3

    We log it

    Every correction to a status or a guidance record is listed in Updates with the date, what changed and why. Corrections are never made silently.
Coming soon

The corrections address and reporting form are published here before launch. Until then, use the feedback box at the end of any reference page and describe the problem.

Who is behind it

Portrait of Hailey Andersen, DC, CSCS

Clinical founder

Hailey Andersen, DC, CSCS

Chiropractic physician and certified strength and conditioning specialist.

Not legal or clinical advice