AB169: Bill Text

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

2019 Assembly BILL 169

April 18, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Felzkowski, Horlacher, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Petersen, Plumer, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Snyder, Tittl, Tusler, Wichgers and Edming, cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Cowles, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Marklein, Nass and Olsen. Referred to Committee on Consumer Protection.

AB169,1,3 An Act to amend 446.028 of the statutes; relating to: continuing education program sponsors for chiropractors, chiropractic technicians, and chiropractic radiological technicians.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a program sponsor for continuing education for chiropractors is required to submit its program to the Chiropractic Examining Board for approval. This bill requires that a program sponsor for continuing education for chiropractors, chiropractic technicians, or chiropractic radiological technicians must submit its program to the Chiropractic Examining Board for approval. The bill also adds the Chiropractic Society of Wisconsin, the American Chiropractic Association, and the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards to the list of chiropractic continuing education program sponsors acceptable for license renewal.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB169,1 Section 1 . 446.028 of the statutes is renumbered 446.028 (2) and amended to read:

AB169,2,4 446.028 (2) Each program sponsor of a continuing education program required to be completed by a chiropractor, chiropractic technician, or chiropractic radiological technician as a condition of license renewal shall submit the program to the examining board for approval.

AB169,2,13 (1) In this section, “program sponsor" means the Wisconsin Chiropractic Association, the Chiropractic Society of Wisconsin, the American Chiropractic Association, the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, the International Chiropractors Association, a college of chiropractic approved by the examining board, and a college of medicine or osteopathy accredited by an accrediting body listed as nationally recognized by the secretary of the federal department of education. “Program sponsor" does not include an individual, organization, or institution of higher education approved under s. 46.03 (38) to provide instruction in the use of an automated external defibrillator.

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