Abbess,
    Christian Orthodox       
Abbot,
    Christian Orthodox        
Accountant        
Acting Official       
Adjutant General     
Admiral         
Admiral, Texas Navy   
Adventist Minister       
Alderman         
Archbishop, Catholic        
Archbishop,
   Christian Orthodox        
Archdeacon, Episcopal        
Archimandrite        
Architect
Archpriest        
Ambassador to the U.S.
   from a foreign country      
Ambassador of the U.S.        
American Indian Chief        
Assemblyman
   U.S., State / or           
   Assemblywoman            
Associate Justice,
   U.S. Supreme Court          
Associate Justice of a
   State Supreme Court
Astronaut      
Attorney         
Attorney General           
Attorney General,
       Assistant   
Attorney, U.S.         
Australian Officials    

Baron, Baroness           
British Officials,
   Royalty, Nobility     
Brother, Catholic         
Brother,
   Christian Orthodox          
Bishop, Catholic            
Bishop,
   Christian Orthodox         
Bishop, Episcopal        
Board Member     
Boy        
Brigadier General       
Business Cards      

Canadian Officials    
Candidate    
Captain,
   USA, USAF, USMC     
Cardinal             
Chairman
    Federal Reserve      
Chairwoman      
Chancellor      
Chaplain in the
    Armed Services        
Chaplain of Congress          
Chargé d’Affaires         
Chief Executive Officer 
Chief Judge          
Chief Justice,
      U.S. Supreme Court 
Chief Justice, of a State
      Supreme Court             
Chief of Police          
Chief of Staff     
Chief Operating
   Officer          
Child            
Chiropractor     
City Manager    
Clergy & Religious
    Officials     
Club Official          
Colonel, Kentucky      
Colonel, USA, USAF,
    or USMC     
Commandant       
Commissioner, Court     
Commissioner         
Commodore of a         
      Yacht Club         
Congressman, U.S.               
Congresswoman, U.S.   
Consul and or
   Consul General    
Consultant      
Corporate Executive         
Councilman
    Councilwoman      
Counselor (Diplomat)      
Countess     
County Officials       
Couples     
Curator        

Dalai Lama          
Deacon         
Dean, academic            
Dean, clergy            
Deceased Persons        
Delegate, U.S., State            
Dentist             
Deputy Chief of Mission      
Deputy Marshal          
Designate, Elect,
    Pro Tempore      
Diplomats      
District Attorney           
Doctor, Chiropractor     
Doctor of Dentistry           
Doctor of Medicine              
Doctor, Military           
Doctor of
   Veterinary Medicine          
Doctor of Osteopathy            
Doctor, Other Disciplines     
Doctorate        
Doctorate, honorary      

Earl            
Elect, Designate
   Pro Tempore      
Emeritus/emerita      
Eminence     
Emperor    
Engineer    
Etiquette    
Excellency           

Family     
Fiancee      
Firefighter    
First, Second,
   Third, etc.        
First Lady, Spouse
   of the President of
   the United States 
First Lady, Member
    of Her   
    White House Staff      
First Lady, Spouse
   of a Governor
   or Lt. Gov.    
First Lieutenant   
Flag Protocol     
Former Officials    
Freeholder       

Gay Couple      
Geshe
General
    USA, USAF, USMC
Girl
Governor General         
Governor, Lieutenant 
Governor, Lt., Spouse   
Governor, Tribal Council          
Governor, U.S. State       
Governor, Former    
Governor
    Spouse of     
Governor's Staff,
    Member of      
Governors, Board of 

High Commissioner    
Honorable, The          
Honorary degrees    
Honourable, The       

Indian Chief         
Inspector General    
Interim Official   
Introductions       
Invitations  
   Writing &  
   Addressing  
Invitations
    Military:
    Writing &
    Addressing

Judge, former     
Judge of US City or
        US Count     
Judge, US Federal            
Junior, Senior,
    I, II, III, etc.       
Justice, Associate
     Federal
     Supreme Court
Justice, Associate
     State
     Supreme Court

King     
Knight      

Late, The
   (deceased persons)        
Lawyer      
Lesbian Couple    
Lieutenant      
Lieutenant Colonel,     
   USA, USAF, USMC          
Lieutenant General,
   USA, USAF, USMC      
Lieutenant Governor         

How to address a doctor?  See also ...
     How to address a dentist     
     How to address a chiropractor        
     How to address a medical doctor    
     How to address a military doctor  
     How to address a veterinarian     
     How to address doctor holding an academic doctorate    
     How to address an osteopath     

How to Write a Chiropractor's Name?
        After much ado, and a request to disclose what my credentials are (the first and only time requested in my 23 years in practice,) my son's boy scout troop's recording secretary stands, she says, on Roberts Rules and records me in the minutes not as Dr. Mathews but rather as Mrs. Mathews.
         After completing the Doctorate of Chiropractic degree program, internship, externship, national board certification, state licensing, ongoing continuing education and being in private practice for these many years, it would seem apparent to all that I have earned the honorific title and have been addressed as such by all since 1990, save for this scenario with our recording secretary.
       Having also served as my college's head delegate at international conferences with Robert's Rules strictly enforced, I am hard-pressed now to find documentation to support her claims that only MDs and DOs have this privilege. In your outline for protocol there is no mention for this scenario of our healthcare profession and neither can I find anything to substantiate her vehement argument.
      If you would be so kind as to address my query, I'd be most grateful. A DC degree is not an honorary title. Doctors of Chiropractic have practices, we see patients, we are portal of entry health care providers and are participating providers in Medicare and other major medical insurance plans.
      With all these rights and privileges I would be most grateful if Mrs. Mathews would continue to be by husband's mother and that the minutes would be amended to reflect the honorific best defining the health care professional I am.
       Thank you most kindly for your thoughts on this matter.
       -- N. R. Matthews, DC

Dear NRM, DC,
       This disagreement is not related to the correct form of address for a chiropractor.  The issue is: it is the right of one person to decide what another person's name is?
        I'd say her opinion is not pertinent. Your name is what you say your name is.
       Whatever Roberts Rules of Order says about the use of Dr. in minutes can only be a suggested style guide.
       However there is no point fighting with her: she's revealed the kind of person she is. I am certain this is not the only thing beyond her control with which she battles!
        -- Robert Hickey