The National Association for Chiropractic Meicine (NACM) is a minority chiropractic association founded in 1984 that describes itself as a "consumer advocacy association of chiropractors" that seeks to "reform the chiropractic profession away from a philosophical scope of practice and towards an applied science scope of practice." It states that it is "dedicated to bringing the scientific based practice of chiropractic into mainstream medicine" and that its members "confine their scope of practice to scientific parameters and seek to make legitimate the utilization of professional manipulative procedures in mainstream health care delivery." "While the NACM is focused on furthering the profession, its primary focus is on the rights and safety of the consumers." The NACM has been the object of much controversy and criticism from the rest of the profession.