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Arkansas committee advances bill to let certified chiropractors treat animals without veterinarian physically present
Summary
A Senate committee voted to report HB1264 'Do Pass' after proponents said certified animal chiropractors complete roughly 225 hours of training and that requiring a veterinarian to be on site creates scheduling barriers that delay care for animals.
Representative John Peyton (R-64) told the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee he brought HB1264 to remove a requirement in the veterinarian section of Arkansas law that animal chiropractors work "in immediate supervision" of a veterinarian. Peyton said the supervision language has been read to mean veterinarians must be within "3 feet or arm's length."
"I just propose that we strike that immediate, supervision part because that means within 3 feet or arms length," Peyton said, adding that chiropractors seeking to treat animals obtain roughly 225 hours of additional classroom and hands-on instruction and receive certification from the American…
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