SB 1554

Senate Engrossed
unfair
  claims settlement practices; chiropractic
(now: chiropractors;
  imaging)
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1554
AN
ACT
Amending section 32-925, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to doctors of chiropractic.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-925, Arizona Revised Statutes,
is amended to read:
START_STATUTE32-925. Practice of chiropractic; limitations
A. A doctor of chiropractic is a portal of entry
health care provider who engages in the practice of health care that includes:
1. The diagnosis and correction of subluxations,
functional vertebral or articular dysarthrosis or neuromuscular skeletal
disorders for restoring and maintaining health.
2. Physical and clinical examinations, diagnostic x-rays, imaging, and clinical
diagnostic laboratory procedures that are limited to nasal swabs, oral swabs,
sputum collection, urine collection, finger pricks or venipuncture in order to
determine the propriety of a regimen of chiropractic care or to form a basis
for referring patients to other licensed health care professionals, or both.
3. Treatment by:
(a) Physical medicine modalities, therapeutic
procedures and adjustment of the spine or bodily articulations.
(b) Procedures related to the correction of
subluxations and neuromuscular skeletal disorders.
(c) Prescription of orthopedic supports.
(d) Acupuncture.
B. A doctor of chiropractic who is licensed under
this chapter shall not prescribe or administer medicine or drugs, perform
surgery or practice obstetrics. END_STATUTE