By Armbrister S.B. No. 562
74R4925 JMM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the rulemaking authority of the Texas Board of
1-3 Chiropractic Examiners.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 4(c), Chapter 94, Acts of the 51st
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 4512b, Vernon's Texas
1-7 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (c) The Board shall adopt guidelines for educational
1-9 preparation and acceptable practices for all aspects of the
1-10 practice of chiropractic. <The Board may not adopt a rule relating
1-11 to the meaning of the practice of chiropractic under this Act
1-12 except for:>
1-13 <(1) a rule relating to an adjustment, manipulation,
1-14 or other procedure directly related to improving the subluxation of
1-15 the spine or of the musculoskeletal system as it directly relates
1-16 to improving the subluxation of the spine; or>
1-17 <(2) a rule that defines an unacceptable practice of
1-18 chiropractic and provides for a penalty or sanction under this
1-19 Act.>
1-20 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-2 passage, and it is so enacted.