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AlabamaHB842025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Board of Chiropractic Examiners; methods for sending board election notice and ballots permitted; limited license removed; licensee continuing education requirements revised

Sponsored By: Matt Woods (Republican)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Limited licenses end for chiropractic trainees

The Alabama Board can no longer issue limited chiropractic licenses. Final-year students and recent graduates retain a supervised training route through the preceptorship and extern program. Their college must be Board-approved and accredited by the Council of Chiropractic Education. An Alabama-licensed sponsor must supervise directly, be present on-site, and supervise only one trainee at a time. Program trainees cannot use “chiropractic,” “D.C.,” or other titles that suggest they practice chiropractic.

Noncitizens can seek chiropractic board seats

Candidates for Alabama’s State Board of Chiropractic Examiners no longer need to be U.S. citizens. They must live in Alabama and have lived there for at least five years. Other candidate qualifications remain in place.

Board sets chiropractors’ continuing education hours

Chiropractic licensees and primary permit holders must show proof of approved continuing education hours to renew. Board rules now set the hours, replacing the legal minimum of 18 hours during the prior year. The Board can waive the requirement for good and reasonable cause. Required time and costs depend on those rules and any waiver.

Chiropractic training exemptions come with limits

Qualifying chiropractic degree students and Board-approved postgraduate trainees can complete required clinical training without a full license. They must use a student title and work under a licensed chiropractor. Licensed professors and instructors can provide educational chiropractic activities. People enrolled in or teaching qualifying clinical-skills courses can participate under a Board-approved licensed chiropractor within school-sponsored or Board-approved programs. Course activities must stay within the educational setting; participants cannot provide or supervise fee-for-service chiropractic care without a license.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Matt Woods

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 370 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2025

Woods Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1185

Yes: 101 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Senate vote • 5/6/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 938

Yes: 33 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/6/2025

Kitchens motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 937

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 2/25/2025

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 227

Yes: 100 • No: 0

House vote • 2/25/2025

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 103 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    5/14/2025House

  2. Signature Requested

    5/7/2025Senate

  3. Delivered to Governor

    5/7/2025House

  4. Kitchens 1st Amendment Offered

    5/6/2025Senate

  5. Kitchens motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 937

    5/6/2025Senate

  6. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 938

    5/6/2025Senate

  7. Woods Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1185

    5/6/2025House

  8. Ready to Enroll

    5/6/2025House

  9. Enrolled

    5/6/2025House

  10. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    3/5/2025Senate

  11. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    3/5/2025Senate

  12. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Healthcare

    2/27/2025Senate

  13. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    2/27/2025Senate

  14. Third Reading in House of Origin

    2/25/2025House

  15. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 227

    2/25/2025House

  16. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    2/20/2025House

  17. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    2/19/2025House

  18. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions

    2/4/2025House

  19. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    2/4/2025House

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