[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 82 (Friday, April 29, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-10271]


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[Federal Register: April 29, 1994]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket C-3491]

 

McLean County Chiropractic Association; Prohibited Trade 
Practices and Affirmative Corrective Actions

agency: Federal Trade Commission.

action: Consent order.

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summary: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, an association of Illinois 
chiropractors from entering into any agreement with any chiropractors 
to set fees for patients, or terms for third-party payor contracts, and 
requires the association to give members copies of the order.

dates: Complaint and Order issued April 7, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Starek's statement are available from the Commission's 
Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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for further information contact: Mark Horoschak, FTC/S-3115, 
Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-2756.

supplementary information: On Thursday, January 20, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 3114, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of McLean County Chiropractic 
Association, for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested 
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, 
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

    Authority: Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or 
applies sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-10271 Filed 4-28-94; 8:45 am]
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