New Hampshire SB 641: relative to examination requirements for licensure as a chiropractor.

Bill Text

SB 641-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

 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.

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

 LBA

 26-2093

 11/7/25

SB 641-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

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

FISCAL IMPACT:

 The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2029.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

 Office of Professional Licensure and Certification