HB 2840 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

doctor of chiropractic; unprofessional conduct

HB 2840 amends Arizona's chiropractic licensing law to clarify and expand grounds for disciplinary action against licensed chiropractors. It directly affects all Arizona chiropractors by prohibiting specific unethical or unsafe practices, including deceptive advertising (e.g., hiding service details in price ads), improper fee splitting with other health professionals, soliciting accident victims within 15 days of injury, and misrepresenting treatment outcomes. The bill also strengthens investigation procedures, allowing the board to require medical/mental evaluations during probes and issue advisory letters for minor violations. These changes aim to protect patients by setting clearer standards for chiropractic conduct and enforcement.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

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Governor

Introduced Feb 11, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill updates the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding grounds for disciplinary action against chiropractors. It adds new unprofessional conduct provisions related to fee-splitting, practicing under another's name, and harassment/retaliation, while also clarifying language in existing provisions. The changes expand the board's authority to discipline chiropractors for broader ethical violations and clarify procedures for investigations and hearings.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of unprofessional conduct to include fee-splitting arrangements, practicing under another chiropractor's name, and harassment/retaliation against patients or witnesses, in addition to clarifying existing disciplinary grounds.

REQUIREMENT

Added new ground for disciplinary action prohibiting fee-splitting or consideration for patient referrals between chiropractors and other health professionals unless they share a bona fide employment, partnership, or corporate relationship.

Added new ground prohibiting chiropractors from practicing under another licensed chiropractor's name or using trade names that misrepresent the practice of chiropractic.

Added new ground prohibiting harassment, exploitation, or retaliation against patients, former patients, research subjects, supervisees, coworkers, witnesses, or complainants in disciplinary proceedings.

TECHNICAL

Corrected grammatical errors and inconsistent capitalization in existing provisions, such as changing 'Employing fraud' to 'Employing fraud or deception' and 'Habitual use of HABITUALLY USING' to 'Habitual use of Habitually using'.

Standardized formatting and removed redundant capitalization throughout the statute text to improve readability and consistency.

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Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors