SB 232

This bill makes changes to the laws relating to chiropractors, including all of

the following:

Motor Carrier Safety Administration medical examinations

The bill provides that a licensed chiropractor who has a valid Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration medical examiner certification credential may

conduct medical examinations for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Physical examinations

If a school requires a pupil to have a physical examination as a condition of

participating in a youth athletic activity or an extracurricular activity, the bill

requires the school to accept a physical examination completed by a chiropractor who

holds a certificate in health or physical examinations in the same manner that the

school accepts a physical examination completed by a licensed physician. A youth

athletic activity is any organized athletic activity in which the participants, a

majority of whom are under 19 years of age, are engaged in an athletic game or

competition against another team, club, or entity, and includes practice or

preparation for such a game or competition. In addition, the bill allows a school

district to contract with an interscholastic association only if, for purposes of

determining whether a pupil may participate in a youth athletic activity or an

extracurricular activity, the association accepts a physical examination completed by

a chiropractor who holds a certificate in health or physical examinations in the same

manner that the association accepts a physical examination completed by a licensed

physician.

If a technical college within the Technical College System or a two-year college

campus within the University of Wisconsin System (UW college) requires a student

to have a physical examination as a condition of participating in an athletic activity,

the bill requires the technical college or UW college to accept, in the same manner

that it accepts a physical examination completed by a licensed physician, a physical

examination completed by a chiropractor who holds a certificate in health or physical

examinations.

Chiropractic acupuncture and dry needling

Under the bill, a chiropractor who is licensed by the examining board may

practice chiropractic acupuncture, as defined in the bill, without being an

acupuncturist certified by the Department of Safety and Professional Services if the

examining board registers the licensed chiropractor to practice chiropractic

acupuncture. Under the bill, the examining board may register a licensed

chiropractor to practice chiropractic acupuncture if, among other requirements, the

chiropractor does the following:

1. Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that the licensed

chiropractor has completed at least 200 hours of instruction in chiropractic

acupuncture at a college of chiropractic approved by the examining board or at an