SB 385 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
30Apr2014… 1343h
06/04/14 1887CofC
2014 SESSION
08/01
SENATE BILL 385
AN ACT relative to examination requirements for chiropractors and the definition of “practitioner” within the system of touch therapy.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill makes changes to the examination requirements for chiropractors.
This bill also redefines a “practitioner” of touch therapies of reflexology, structural integration, or Asian bodywork therapy.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
30Apr2014… 1343h
06/04/14 1887CofC
14-2653
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to examination requirements for chiropractors and the definition of “practitioner” within the system of touch therapy.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 National Examination; Examination Requirements for Chiropractors. Amend RSA 316-A:17 to read as follows:
316-A:17 National Examination; Examination Requirements. The board shall require that [all] applicants pass parts 1 [and 2], 2, and 3 and the written clinical competency examinations of the national examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners if an applicant was licensed after January 1, 1990, and parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the written clinical competency examinations of the national examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners if the applicant was licensed or applied for a license after January 1, 1996. Applicants having passed the national examinations shall be exempt from taking a written examination and, provided the applicant meets all other qualifications and requirements of this chapter, shall be registered and granted a license by the state board upon payment of the required fee and presentation of satisfactory proof that the applicant has passed the parts of such national examination.
2 Definition of Practitioner. RSA 328-H:2, VII is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
VII. “Practitioner” means a person who practices touch therapies for compensation and holds a current certification from an entity approved by the commissioner as a reflexologist, structural integrator, or Asian bodywork therapist.
3 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 316-A:13, relative to examination requirements for chiropractors.
II. RSA 316-A:14, relative to examination requirements for chiropractors.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.