SB  69-BD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS; PRACTICE                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COSTELLO announced the consideration of SB 69.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1:31:10 PM                                                                                                                    
SHARI   RYAN,   Alaska  Executive   Administrator,   Chiropractic                                                               
Society, Anchorage,  Alaska, offered to answer  questions related                                                               
to SB 69.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
EDWARD   J.  BARRINGTON,   D.C.,  Alaska   Chiropractic  Society,                                                               
Anchorage, Alaska, offered to answer questions related to SB 69.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COSTELLO closed public testimony on SB 69.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:32:14 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  GIESSEL   moved  to  adopt  the   work  draft  committee                                                               
substitute (CS)  for SB 69,  labeled 29-LS0704\H, as  the working                                                               
document.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COSTELLO objected for discussion purposes.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:33:08 PM                                                                                                                    
WESTON EILER,  Staff to the  Senate Labor and  Commerce Committee                                                               
and Senator Mia  Costello, explained that the CS for  SB 69 makes                                                               
two substantive  changes. The first  amends the language  on page                                                               
1,  paragraph  (4)  to  clarify  that  chiropractic  interns  and                                                               
clinical   assistants  are   only   required   to  be   certified                                                               
nationally. This language removes the  need for a fiscal note and                                                               
additional certification of clinical assistants and interns.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:33:53 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:35:05 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COSTELLO reconvened the meeting.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR. EILER said the second change  appears on page 2, line 12. The                                                               
CS  retains  the  language  in   statute  "within  the  scope  of                                                               
chiropractic practice,"  which was deleted in  the original bill.                                                               
This maintains the sideboards that  keeps school physicals within                                                               
the scope of practice of chiropractors, he said.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  COSTELLO  removed her  objection  and  finding no  further                                                               
objection, version H was before the committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:36:39 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  BILL STOLTZE,  Alaska State  Legislature, sponsor  of SB                                                               
69, explained  the bill seeks  to build  on a bill  Senator Ellis                                                               
sponsored   several  decades   ago  expanding   the  ability   of                                                               
chiropractors  to provide  school physicals.  He said  this is  a                                                               
concern  of  the  Athletic  Association,  particularly  in  rural                                                               
Alaska.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:38:30 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR MEYER asked the sponsor if he agrees with the changes.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR STOLTZE answered yes; the  changes were made working with                                                               
the department.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR GIESSEL  moved to report  the CS  for SB 69,  labeled 29-                                                               
LS0704\H,  from  committee  with individual  recommendations  and                                                               
attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR COSTELLO announced that without  objection, CSSB 69(L&C) is                                                               
reported from the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.