By: Moncrief S.B. No. 718
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the practice of chiropractic.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 94, Acts of the 51st
1-4 Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 4512b, Vernon's Texas
1-5 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 1. (a) A person shall be regarded as practicing
1-7 chiropractic within the meaning of this Act if the person:
1-8 (1) analyzes, examines, or evaluates <uses objective
1-9 or subjective means to analyze, examine, or evaluate> the
1-10 subluxation <biomechanical condition> of the spine or of the <and>
1-11 musculoskeletal system of the human body as it directly relates to
1-12 the subluxation of the spine;
1-13 (2) performs non-invasive <uses adjustment,
1-14 manipulation, or other> procedures in order to improve subluxation
1-15 of the spine or <the biomechanics> of the musculoskeletal system as
1-16 it directly relates to subluxation of the spine; or
1-17 (3) holds himself out to the public as a chiropractor
1-18 or uses the term "chiropractor," "chiropractic," "doctor of
1-19 chiropractic," "D.C.," or any derivative of those terms in
1-20 connection with his name.
1-21 (b) The practice of chiropractic shall not be construed to
1-22 include invasive or surgical procedures, prescribing authority, or
1-23 any procedures not directly related to subluxation of the spine or
2-1 of the musculoskeletal system as it directly relates to subluxation
2-2 of the spine.
2-3 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 14c, Chapter 94, Acts of
2-4 the 51st Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 4512b,
2-5 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
2-6 (a) The Board shall appoint an enforcement committee to
2-7 oversee and conduct the investigation of complaints filed with the
2-8 Board under this Act and to perform other duties related to
2-9 enforcement as directed by the Board. The enforcement committee is
2-10 composed of:
2-11 (1) two or more Board members, at least one of whom is
2-12 a doctor of chiropractic and at least one of whom is a
2-13 representative of the general public; and
2-14 (2) the executive director<; and>
2-15 <(3) a representative of the attorney general's
2-16 office>.
2-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-22 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-23 passage, and it is so enacted.