1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; establishing requirements for practicing animal 
1.3 	chiropractic care;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 148.01, 
1.4 	subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 156.12, subdivision 2; proposing coding 
1.5 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of sections 148.01 to 148.10,:
1.9 	(1)  "chiropractic" is defined as the science of adjusting any abnormal articulations of 
1.10 	the human body, especially those of the spinal column, for the purpose of giving freedom 
1.11 	of action to impinged nerves that may cause pain or deranged function; and
1.12 	(2) "animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment" means treatment that includes, 
1.13 	but is not limited to, identifying and resolving vertebral subluxation complexes, spinal 
1.14 	manipulation, and manipulation of the extremity articulations of nonhuman vertebrates. 
1.15 	"Animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment" does not include:
1.16 	(i) performing surgery;
1.17 	(ii) dispensing or administering of medications; or
1.18 	(iii) performing traditional veterinary care and diagnosis. 

1.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.20 	to read:
1.21 		Subd. 1a.Animal chiropractic practice. A licensed chiropractor may engage in the 
1.22 	practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment if registered to do so by the board.

2.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.2 	to read:
2.3 		Subd. 1c.Scope of practice; animal chiropractic. Criteria for registration 
2.4 	to engage in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment must be set 
2.5 	by the board, and must include, but are not limited to: active chiropractic license; 
2.6 	education and training in the field of animal chiropractic from an American Veterinary 
2.7 	Chiropractic Association, International Veterinary Chiropractic Association, or higher 
2.8 	institution-approved course consisting of no less than 210 hours, meeting continuing 
2.9 	education requirements; and other conditions and rules set by the board.

2.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.11 	to read:
2.12 		Subd. 1d.Titles. Notwithstanding the limitations established in section 156.12, 
2.13 	subdivision 4, a doctor of chiropractic properly registered to provide chiropractic care to 
2.14 	animals in accordance with this chapter and rules of the board, may use the title "animal 
2.15 	chiropractor."

2.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.17 	to read:
2.18 		Subd. 1e.Provisional interim statute. Upon approval by the board, a licensed 
2.19 	chiropractor who has already taken and passed the education and training requirement set 
2.20 	forth in section 148.01, subdivision 1c, may engage in the practice of animal chiropractic 
2.21 	during the time that the rules are being promulgated by the board. Enforcement actions 
2.22 	may not be taken against persons who have completed the approved program of study 
2.23 	by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association or the International Veterinary 
2.24 	Chiropractic Association until the rules have been adopted by the board.

2.25 	Sec. 6. [148.032] EDUCATIONAL CRITERIA FOR LICENSURE IN ANIMAL 
2.26 	CHIROPRACTIC DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; RECORDS; TREATMENT 
2.27 	NOTES.
2.28 	(a) The following educational criteria must be applied to any licensed chiropractor 
2.29 	who requests registration in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment. The criteria must 
2.30 	include education and training in the following subjects:
2.31 	(1) anatomy;
2.32 	(2) anatomy laboratory;
2.33 	(3) biomechanics and gait;
3.1 	(4) chiropractic educational basics;
3.2 	(5) animal chiropractic diversified adjusting technique, including:
3.3 	(i) lecture cervical;
3.4 	(ii) thoracic;
3.5 	(iii) lumbosacral;
3.6 	(iv) pelvic; and
3.7 	(v) extremity;
3.8 	(6) animal chiropractic diversified adjusting technique, including:
3.9 	(i) laboratory cervical;
3.10 	(ii) thoracic;
3.11 	(iii) lumbosacral;
3.12 	(iv) pelvic; and 
3.13 	(v) extremity;
3.14 	(7) case management and case studies;
3.15 	(8) chiropractic philosophy;
3.16 	(9) ethics and legalities;
3.17 	(10) neurology, neuroanatomy, and neurological conditions;
3.18 	(11) pathology; 
3.19 	(12) radiology;
3.20 	(13) research in current chiropractic and veterinary topics;
3.21 	(14) rehabilitation, current topics, evaluation, and assessment;
3.22 	(15) normal foot anatomy and normal foot care;
3.23 	(16) saddle fit and evaluation, lecture and laboratory;
3.24 	(17) veterinary educational basics;
3.25 	(18) vertebral subluxation complex; and
3.26 	(19) zoonotic diseases.
3.27 	(b) A licensed chiropractor requesting registration in animal chiropractic diagnosis 
3.28 	and treatment must have completed and passed a course of study from an American 
3.29 	Veterinary Chiropractic Association, International Veterinary Chiropractic Association, or 
3.30 	higher institution-approved program, consisting of no less than 210 hours of education 
3.31 	and training as set forth in paragraph (a).
3.32 	(c) A licensed chiropractor engaged in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis 
3.33 	and treatment must maintain complete and accurate records and patient files in the 
3.34 	chiropractor's office for at least three years.
3.35 	(d) A licensed chiropractor engaged in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis 
3.36 	and treatment must make treatment notes and records available to the patient's owner 
4.1 	upon request and must communicate their findings and treatment plan with the referring 
4.2 	veterinarian, or the animal's veterinarian if the animal has not been referred by a 
4.3 	veterinarian. 

4.4 	Sec. 7. [148.033] ANIMAL CHIROPRACTIC CONTINUING EDUCATION 
4.5 	HOURS.
4.6 	Any chiropractor engaged in the practice of animal chiropractic diagnosis and 
4.7 	treatment applying for renewal of a registration related to animal chiropractic diagnosis 
4.8 	and treatment must have completed a minimum of six hours annually of continuing 
4.9 	education in animal chiropractic diagnosis and treatment, in addition to the required 20 
4.10 	hours annually of continuing education in human chiropractic under this chapter. The 
4.11 	continuing education course attended for purposes of complying with this section must be 
4.12 	approved by the board prior to attendance by the chiropractor.

4.13 	Sec. 8. [148.035] SEPARATE TREATMENT ROOM REQUIRED.
4.14 	A licensed chiropractor who provides animal chiropractic treatment in the same 
4.15 	facility where human patients are treated, shall maintain a separate noncarpeted room for 
4.16 	the purpose of adjusting animals. The table and equipment used for animals shall not be 
4.17 	used for human patients.

4.18 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 156.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
4.19 		Subd. 2.Authorized activities. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to 
4.20 	prohibit:
4.21 	(a) a person from rendering necessary gratuitous assistance in the treatment of any 
4.22 	animal when the assistance does not amount to prescribing, testing for, or diagnosing, 
4.23 	operating, or vaccinating and when the attendance of a licensed veterinarian cannot be 
4.24 	procured;
4.25 	(b) a person who is a regular student in an accredited or approved college of 
4.26 	veterinary medicine from performing duties or actions assigned by instructors or 
4.27 	preceptors or working under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian;
4.28 	(c) a veterinarian regularly licensed in another jurisdiction from consulting with a 
4.29 	licensed veterinarian in this state;
4.30 	(d) the owner of an animal and the owner's regular employee from caring for and 
4.31 	administering to the animal belonging to the owner, except where the ownership of the 
4.32 	animal was transferred for purposes of circumventing this chapter;
5.1 	(e) veterinarians who are in compliance with subdivision 6 and who are employed by 
5.2 	the University of Minnesota from performing their duties with the College of Veterinary 
5.3 	Medicine, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural Extension 
5.4 	Service, Medical School, School of Public Health, or other unit within the university; or 
5.5 	a person from lecturing or giving instructions or demonstrations at the university or in 
5.6 	connection with a continuing education course or seminar to veterinarians or pathologists 
5.7 	at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory;
5.8 	(f) any person from selling or applying any pesticide, insecticide or herbicide;
5.9 	(g) any person from engaging in bona fide scientific research or investigations which 
5.10 	reasonably requires experimentation involving animals;
5.11 	(h) any employee of a licensed veterinarian from performing duties other than 
5.12 	diagnosis, prescription or surgical correction under the direction and supervision of the 
5.13 	veterinarian, who shall be responsible for the performance of the employee;
5.14 	(i) a graduate of a foreign college of veterinary medicine from working under the 
5.15 	direct personal instruction, control, or supervision of a veterinarian faculty member of 
5.16 	the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota in order to complete the 
5.17 	requirements necessary to obtain an ECFVG certificate;
5.18 	(j) a licensed chiropractor registered under section 148.01, subdivision 1a, from 
5.19 	practicing animal chiropractic.