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Committee passes 14-day limit on chiropractor contact with auto-accident victims
Summary
The House Insurance & Commerce Committee approved a bill restricting direct outreach by chiropractors to people involved in motor vehicle accidents, shortening an earlier 30-day proposal to a 14-day limit, imposing a $500 fine and removing felony language.
Representative Rich presented the bill to the House Insurance & Commerce Committee, explaining that the revised measure narrows earlier language: ‘‘It says chiropractors can't contact anybody in a vehicle accident for 14 days. So we've lessened the days. We've taken off the felony, and we've now given it a $500 fine,’’ he said, calling the changes a ‘‘good balance.’’
The proposal drew extensive testimony and questioning. Chris Kathy, representing the Arkansas Chiropractic Society, told the committee that prior statutes and board actions had already reduced solicitation complaints and warned the new restriction would single out…
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