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 SB-1269 Chiropractors: animal chiropractic practitioners. (2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 02/20/2026 02:00 PM

SB1269:v99#DOCUMENTBill Start

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 1269

Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh

February 20, 2026

 An act to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 1070) to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1269, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh.
 Chiropractors: animal chiropractic practitioners. 

Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine by the Veterinary Medical Board.

This bill would establish a scheme for a licensed chiropractor to be registered by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners as an animal chiropractic practitioner and would prohibit a chiropractor from practicing animal chiropractic without being registered as an animal chiropractic practitioner unless they are under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. The bill would establish requirements for
 registration as an animal chiropractic practitioner, including holding a certification from one of specified credentialing organizations or a credentialing organization specified by the board. The bill would establish requirements for practicing animal chiropractic and registering an animal chiropractic premises with the board. The bill would require the board, by regulation, to establish fees for registering an animal chiropractic premises. By authorizing new fees to be deposited into the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require an animal chiropractic practitioner to comply with regulations of the board applicable to chiropractors, would authorize the board to adopt regulations necessary to implement the bill’s provisions, and would require the board, if adopting specified regulations, to consult with the Veterinary Medical Board, including regulations regarding standards of medicine or care for an animal. The
 bill would make an animal chiropractic practitioner exempt from the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act.

By expanding the scope of a crime under the Chiropractic Initiative Act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 YES 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Article 3 (commencing with Section 1070) is added to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:

 Article
 3. Animal Chiropractic

1070.

 As used in this article:

(a) “Animal” means any living animal other than a human being.

(b) “Animal chiropractic” means the evaluation and treatment of an animal’s vertebral or extremity joint dysfunction or subluxation through chiropractic adjustment therapy or soft tissue therapy.

(c) “Animal chiropractic practitioner” means a person who satisfies both of the following requirements:

(1) The person is licensed as a chiropractor by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and holds a current, valid certification from any of the following:

(A) The American Veterinary Chiropractic Association, unless otherwise specified by regulation.

(B) The International Veterinary Chiropractic Association, unless otherwise specified by regulation.

(C) Any other credentialing organization that the board specifies by regulation adopted under this article.

(2) The person completes a minimum of eight hours of continuing education every two years in the practice of ani