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Senate passes chiropractic-practice amendments setting time limits for license actions
Summary
The Utah Senate approved Substitute Senate Bill 62, amending chiropractic licensing rules to add a four‑year filing window for disciplinary complaints and a 10‑year statute of repose with narrow exceptions; senators said the amendment was negotiated with interested groups. 26 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent.
The Utah State Senate on Jan. 31 approved Substitute Senate Bill 62, a package of amendments to the chiropractic-practice code that, lawmakers said, clarifies timing for disciplinary action against licensed practitioners.
Senator Steele, sponsor of the measure, brought the bill to third reading and said the changes were largely technical housekeeping and citation corrections in state code. Senator Hilliard described a negotiated amendment that sets a four-year statute of limitations for the Division to initiate action "after it's been reported to the division." He said the measure also establishes a statute of repose: "if it's 10 years after the occurrence of the event, then they are barred unless there's been a civil or criminal judgment or settlement and then they've got 1 year after that."
Senator Steele said the amendment "has met with broad acceptance," and Senator Steele and other supporters signaled they had worked with interested groups to reach the language now before the Senate. After the amendment was adopted by voice, senators called the question and the roll call recorded a unanimous passage; the clerk later announced 26 ayes, no nays and 3 absent and that the bill will be transmitted to the House for consideration.
What happens next: The bill, as amended, will go to the House. Sponsors and senators said the amendment was negotiated with stakeholders to balance the Division's ability to discipline while providing time limits for bringing claims.
Attribution: Quotes and descriptions above come from floor remarks by Senator Hilliard and Senator Steele during the Senate's third-reading consideration.
