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Director flags LD 1220 on treatment of animals; board to engage stakeholders
Summary
Director Penny Vaillancourt briefed the board on LD 1220, 'An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Treat Dogs and Equids,' and members agreed to participate in a stakeholder process to consider statutory and rule updates.
Director Penny Vaillancourt told the board that LD 1220, titled 'An Act to Allow Chiropractors to Treat Dogs and Equids,' may require statutory and rule updates to expand the scope of practice. The minutes state that Board member Dr. John Mark Laney agreed to participate in the stakeholder process to review potential changes.
The minutes do not provide detail on the bill's current text, timelines for rule making, or what specific scope changes the board may consider; they record only that the director brought the matter to the board’s attention and that a member volunteered to join stakeholders. The board did not take any formal legislative position at the meeting, nor did it adopt rule language or set a public comment period on the proposed scope change.
