HB 164

ON APRIL 15, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SE NATE BILL 128, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 makes the following revisions:  Revises the provision requiring the board of chiropractic examiners to adopt rules regulating the performance of animal chiropractic by a chiropractic physician to, instead, adopt rules regulating the performance of animal chiropractic .  Clarifies that the educational standards established by the board of chiropractic examiners for certification of a chiropractic physician to perform animal chiropractic may be a curriculum similar to that of the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association if such curriculum is approved by the board.  Clarifies that it is not a violation of the bill for a person who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state , and who holds a current certification from the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association or the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association, to represent or advertise that the person is certified to provide animal chiropractic.  Removes the (i) requirements regarding the board of v eterinary medical examiners regulating the performance of animal chiropractic and (ii) the requirements placed on veterinarians.