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 SB-687 Chiropractors: animal chiropractic practitioners.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 02/21/2025 02:00 PM

SB687:v99#DOCUMENTBill Start

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 687

Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh

February 21, 2025

 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.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 687, 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 prohibit a chiropractor who is not under the supervision of a veterinarian from practicing animal chiropractic, as defined, without being registered as an animal chiropractic practitioner by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and satisfying certain requirements, including holding a certificate from one of specified entities, unless otherwise specified by the board. The bill would specify
 that the board shall establish requirements for registration and would establish conditions and requirements for practicing animal chiropractic. 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:
 NO 
 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 through spinal, joint, or musculoskeletal manipulative therapy or soft tissue therapy.

(c) “Animal chiropractic practitioner” means a person licensed as a chiropractor by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and who holds a current, valid certification from any of the following:

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

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

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

(d) “Board” means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

(e) “Licensed veterinarian” means a person licensed by the Veterinary Medical Board pursuant to the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act (Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 4800)). 

1071.

 (a) A chiropractor who is not registered as an animal chiropractic practitioner by the board pursuant to this article shall not do either of the following if they are not under the supervision of a veterinarian:

(1) Practice animal chiropractic.

(2) Represent that the person is, or hold themselves out to the public as, an animal chiropractic practitioner.

(b) All of the following apply to a chiropractor who is an animal chir