SLS 12RS-1048 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 631
BY SENATOR LONG
CHIROPRACTORS. Authorizes the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners to adopt
rules to perform criminal background checks on any licensee or applicant. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:2804(L), relative to chiropractors; to authorize the Louisiana Board of2
Chiropractic Examiners to promulgate rules; to provide for licensure of3
chiropractors; to provide for criminal background checks; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 37:2804(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง2804. Powers and duties of board 8
* * *9
L. In addition to any other requirements established by regulation, the10
board may require an applicant, as a condition of licensure to:11
(1) Submit a full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by12
the board.13
(2) Permit the board to request and obtain state and national criminal14
history record information on the applicant.15 SB NO. 631
SLS 12RS-1048 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Present law provides for the regulation of chiropractors by the Louisiana Board of
Chiropractic Examiners ("board").
Proposed law authorizes the board to require an applicant, as condition of licensure to:
1. Submit a full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by the board.
2. Permit the board to request and obtain state and national criminal history record
information on the applicant.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 37:2804(L))