AR HCR1009

Recognizes National Chiropractic Month in September 2015 and congratulates the Arkansas Board of Chiropractic Examiners on the centennial of the profession in Arkansas.

Acknowledges that the chiropractic profession was founded on September 18, 1895, and has been a licensed occupation in Arkansas since 1915.

Notes that Arkansas was one of the first states in the country to license chiropractic physicians and currently has over 500 licensed chiropractic physicians.

Recognizes chiropractic physicians as trained healthcare professionals who provide drug-free, non-surgical treatments for neuro-musculoskeletal conditions.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the Governor, the Arkansas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and the Arkansas Chiropractic Physicians Association.