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Michael Taggart, D.C., Placed on Probation (2018)

Michael C. Taggart, who operates Lake Washington Chiropractic in Kirkland, Washington, has been subjected to three regulatory actions by Washington’s Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission: In 1998, he was accused of failing to keep adequate notes, altering chart notes, and using incorrect billing codes in connection of his treatment of a patient. In 1999, he agreed to a stipulation of informal disposition under which he was required to pay costs of $459.11 and complete seven hours of continuing education courses in record-keeping and billing. In 2012, he was accused of taking x-rays of two patients with improper collimation. (Collimation is a narrowing of the x-ray beam to minimize radiation exposure.) The case was settled with a stipulation of informal disposition under which he was required to …