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Senate rejects measure to expand chiropractic acupuncture authority after safety and training debate
Summary
The Senate debated House Bill 313 for over an hour before voting it down. Sponsors said the bill would let the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing set postgraduate standards for chiropractic acupuncture; critics said the language risked diluting training and patient safety. Final vote: failed (9–17, 3 absent).
Senator Steele led debate on House Bill 313 on March 2, 1998, a measure that would allow the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) to establish postgraduate education and examination requirements, “based upon national standards,” for chiropractic physicians who practice acupuncture. Supporters said the change would bring chiropractors within a regulated framework and avoid an unregulated practice of acupuncture by practitioners without standardized training.
Opponents pressed that the…
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