Bill Text - SB641 (2026)

Relative to examination requirements for licensure as a chiropractor.


Revision: May 29, 2026, 4:05 p.m.

CHAPTER 112

SB 641-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2093

09/06

 

SENATE BILL 641-FN

 

AN ACT relative to examination requirements for licensure as a chiropractor.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill modifies the examination requirements for licensure as a chiropractor.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2093

09/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT relative to examination requirements for licensure as a chiropractor.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

112:1  Chiropractic; Examination Requirements.  Amend RSA 316-A:17 to read as follows:  

316-A:17 National Examination; Examination Requirements. The board shall require that applicants pass parts 1, 2, and 3 [and] of 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 shall pass the ethics and jurisprudence examination given by the New Hampshire board of chiropractic examiners. [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, the applicant shall be registered and granted a license by the office of professional licensure and certification upon payment of the required fee and presentation of satisfactory proof that the applicant has passed the parts of such [national examination] examinations.

112:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: May 28, 2026

Effective Date: July 27, 2026