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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session
chiropractors; laboratory procedures
Purpose
Allows chiropractors to perform nasal and oral swabs and sputum collection.
Background
In
Arizona, chiropractors are licensed to provide permissible health care services
and are considered portal of entry health care providers. Current statute
limits the clinical laboratory procedures chiropractors are authorized to
engage in to include urine collection, finger pricks and venipuncture.
Additionally, such procedures and permissible examinations are to be performed
in order to determine a regimen of chiropractic care or to form a basis for
referring a patient to another health care professional (A.R.S.
§ 32-925). Chiropractors are required to follow recognized standards in the
field and are regulated by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners (A.R.S.
§ 32-901).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Adds nasal swabs, oral swabs and sputum collection to the list of clinical diagnostic laboratory procedures a chiropractor may perform in order to determine a regimen of chiropractic care or a referral to another health professional.
2. Makes technical changes.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 11, 2021
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