CS/HB 1627 - Continuing Chiropractic Education

• Deletes the requirement that chiropractic continuing education must be completed in a classroom setting, allowing up to 40 contact hours for license renewal.

• Authorizes the Board of Chiropractic Medicine to rescind course approval and impose disciplinary action if courses do not meet standards.

• Prohibits the board from requiring licensees to enroll only in preapproved courses and mandates approval of distance learning courses (both synchronous and asynchronous) to satisfy continuing education requirements.

• Prohibits the board from limiting the number or type of continuing education hours completed through distance learning.

• Specifies that courses may be taught by persons with doctoral degrees in chiropractic medicine with 3+ years of practice experience, current faculty members of accredited chiropractic or medical colleges, or postgraduate instructors at such institutions.

• Changes the board's authority from "may adopt" to "shall adopt" rules necessary to implement the continuing education requirements.

• Effective date: July 1, 2021.