Board ratifies licenses, approves CE providers as budget report projects reserves will shrink

The Board of Chiropractic Examiners voted to ratify doctor-of-chiropractic license applications and to approve continuing-education provider applications during its virtual meeting.

At the meeting, a motion to approve the doctor-of-chiropractic license applications was moved and seconded; Miss Cruz conducted a roll-call vote in which Doctor Paris, Doctor Adams, Miss Cruz, Doctor Daniels and Mr. Sweet each recorded a “Yes.” The board then approved a separate motion to ratify continuing-education provider applications with the roll call showing the same affirmative outcome.

Earlier, analysts from the Department of Consumer Affairs budget office presented the board’s fund condition. The budget analyst reported that the board began FY 2023–24 with a balance of $1,880,000; collected $5,299,000 in revenues (including $804,000 in initial license fees and $4,166,000 in renewal fees); and expended $3,896,000, leaving a reserve of $3,033,000 (about 5.8 months). For FY 2024–25 the office projected revenues of just over $5,070,000 (initial fees $872,000; renewals $4,023,000) and Governor’s-level expenditures around $6,315,000, which would leave a projected fund balance of roughly $1,544,000 (about 2.9 months in reserve) if fully spent.

Board members asked about an outstanding loan repayment from the Vehicle Inspection Repair Fund; the budget office estimated the repayment would continue for roughly six more years and agreed to provide an exact date to staff.

During the executive officer’s report, Kristen Walker described staffing constraints, a submitted vacancy reduction plan under review by the Department of Finance and two recent hires: Lynn Reinhart as enforcement manager and Natalie Mixon as a special investigator for the special investigations unit. Walker said the special investigations unit is now fully staffed and has reduced investigation timeframes.

Walker also described testing of a new Connect cashiering function that would link mailed payments directly to license records and eliminate much of the manual cross‑processing currently required, which staff say should speed processing and generate receipts and deposit reports automatically.

The board did not receive public comment on the licensure or provider ratification motions during the open comment periods.

The board's action: the motions to ratify license applications and to approve continuing-education provider applications both passed on roll-call votes. The budget office and executive staff committed to follow up on the loan repayment schedule and to circulate more detailed fund projections at the next meeting.