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AB 2775

Chiropractic Act.

2025-2026 Regular Session

The bill authorizes automatic license suspension or revocation for chiropractors under specified felony or sex-offender conditions, with due process safeguards.

Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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Bill Summary · AB 2775

Summary of AB-2775 Chiropractic Act (2025-2026, California)

  • Purpose and intent

    • AB-2775 amends the California Chiropractic Act to adjust governance, licensing discipline, fee structure, and certain regulatory processes for the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners (SBCE). It also adds provisions related to automatic license actions for certain offenses and directs ongoing legislative review of the board’s functions through 2031. A stated intent is to explore expanding animal chiropractic care with appropriate protections.

  • Key provisions and changes

    • Legislative review period
    • Extends the legislative review window for the SBCE’s powers and duties from a repeal date of January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2031, signaling continued oversight and potential modification of the act.
    • Directory and communications
    • Recasts annual licensee directory publication: requires electronic distribution to each licensee and removes the general requirement that distribution be without charge. Mail distribution remains available upon licensee request, but the board may not charge for the cost of publication and distribution if sent by mail.
    • Fees and funding
    • Keeps a regulated fee schedule but authorizes the board to set lower fees by regulation as long as they cover the board’s regulatory costs.
    • Establishes penalties for delinquent renewals of satellite office certificates, chiropractic corporation registrations, and continuing education provider status.
    • Allows the board to create and regulate a chiropractic facility permit system, with applicable application/renewal/replacement fees, capped by existing satellite office limits.
    • Creates a new, continuously appropriated funding stream for these activities.
    • Automated license actions
    • Adds automatic revocation of a chiropractic license upon certain conditions:
      • Conviction of offenses that would be punishable under California Penal Code provisions with similar elements to sex offenses (Section 290), or failure to register as a sex offender.
      • Hearings and due process protections are provided; overturning a related conviction on appeal can rescind revocation.
    • Adds automatic suspension of a license following a conviction of a serious felony (as defined in Penal Code Section 1192.7), with a 30-day hearing window and appeal rights.
    • Disqualification and background checks
    • Aligns chiropractic board processes with broader state law on denying licensure based on criminal history, including exceptions and rehabilitation pathways (e.g., certificates of rehabilitation, pardons).
    • Maintains existing protections for certain records and provides for de-identified public reporting of criminal-history-related licensure data, while protecting individual privacy.
    • Animal chiropractic care (policy intent)
    • States the Legislature’s intent to collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate licensed chiropractors with animal-care certifications and assess opportunities to expand qualified animal chiropractic services, subject to consumer and animal protections.
    • Directory contents and corporate provisions
    • Keeps standard directory contents (licensee details, certificates, etc.) and requires reporting changes of address.
    • Reaffirms and adjusts fees related to corporate registrations, preceptor approvals, CE providers, and related activities.

  • Who is affected

    • Practitioners licensed or seeking licensure as chiropractors in California.
    • SBCE (State Board of Chiropractic Examiners) and the Department of Consumer Affairs, financial officers, and regulatory staff.
    • Licensees of satellite offices, chiropractic corporations, continuing education providers, and potential chiropractic facilities.
    • Licensees who may be subject to automatic revocation or suspension based on specified criminal convictions, including serious felonies and sex-offender registrations.

  • Procedural/timeline aspects

    • The bill proposes a structured path for automatic actions with post-order hearings (30 days) and potential post-appeal revocation rescission.
    • Legislative review of the board’s functions is extended through 2031, allowing continued policy consideration and potential adjustments.
    • Fee adjustments via board regulation, subject to statutory caps and cost-recovery goals, are permissible under the bill.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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