HB 633: Chiropractic Medicine

• Expands chiropractic medicine faculty certificate eligibility to include part-time faculty appointments and those performing research at accredited institutions.

• Prohibits Board of Chiropractic Medicine from approving continuing education courses that consist of instruction in using, applying, or recommending a specific company's brand of products or services.

• Requires registered chiropractic assistants to register with the board if they perform therapeutic services or administer therapeutic agents, with initial application due within 30 days of employment and biennial fee not to exceed $25.

• Requires board approval of supervising chiropractic physicians or groups under whom registered chiropractic assistants work, with approval fee not to exceed $75, and limits indirect supervision of certified chiropractic physician's assistants to the supervising physician's address of record.

• Expands authorized employers of chiropractic physicians to include health maintenance organizations, prepaid health clinics, limited liability companies, and other entities; permits surviving spouses and adult children of deceased chiropractors to hold ownership interests; and authorizes employers to control patient records, pricing, refunds, advertising, and personnel/hours decisions.