The Board of Chiropractic Examiners used its Oct. 9 meeting in Whittier to report progress on multiple administrative and regulatory priorities and to begin drafting issues for its upcoming 2026 sunset review.

Regulatory and rulemaking updates: staff reported that the board’s distance‑learning amendment to the continuing education rules entered public comment on Sept. 19 and the comment period runs through Nov. 3. No adverse comments had been received as of Oct. 9, and staff said it plans to seek expedited processing so final approval and implementation can occur by late December or early 2026. Staff also described a queue of other regulation packages (curriculum/degree program standards, continuing education comprehensive proposals and enforcement‑related rules including disciplinary guidelines) that staff expects to move through initial filing and Office of Administrative Law review in coming months.

IT and operations: the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Office of Information Services will lead an upgrade of the board’s Connect licensing platform; staff estimated a roughly six‑month project with testing and an intended spring 2026 rollout. The board will also begin a phased website redesign to modernize content and public tools; staff expects a March 2026 completion target. DCA and board staff are also standardizing data and metrics for licensing and enforcement to produce more reliable, on‑demand reports.

Sunset preparation: the board is preparing the formal 2026 sunset report due to the legislature; staff will circulate draft sections to the board’s committees (licensing, enforcement and government/public affairs) and asked for expedited committee review so the completed document can be delivered to DCA publications by Nov. 18 and finalized for legislative distribution in December. Staff discussed proposed new legislative priorities for the board’s sunset submission, including (1) updating fee authority and structure to address the program’s fund condition and inflationary pressures, (2) statutory tools to enable automatic revocation in certain felony/insurance‑fraud circumstances and (3) authority to impose temporary conditions such as chaperones pending adjudication in certain criminal or accusation scenarios.

Enforcement and practice monitoring: staff reported experience with “billing monitoring” language that required CPAs and said a broader “practice monitoring” model has been used in stipulated settlements. The board discussed ways to standardize monitoring reports and to inject more independent, board‑commissioned inspection capacity — for example hiring or contracting board‑qualified expert clinicians who would accompany investigators and produce standardized inspection reports, similar to procedures used by other healing‑arts boards. Board members and public commenters urged creation of a trained, geographically distributed pool of monitors and standardized checklists and reporting templates.

Other updates: staff noted personnel changes (new enforcement analyst promotion and a recent hire) and the board’s participation in national regulatory meetings (FCLB). The Department of Consumer Affairs also updated the board on the governor’s reorganization plan to create a new Business and Consumer Services Agency and other DCA staffing developments.

The board asked staff to circulate draft sunset materials to committees rapidly and scheduled a short WebEx session for Nov. 7 to finalize elections, the sunset report and any responses to public comments on the CE distance‑learning package.