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TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney and Senator Loretta Weinberg which would redefine the scope of practice of licensed chiropractors in New Jersey was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 23-11, receiving final legislative approval.

“The public perception and understanding of chiropractic medicine has definitely evolved over the last fifty years, but the regulations are still stuck in the 1950s,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “We need to update the scope of chiropractic medicine under the law, rather than try to force chiropractic medical professionals to practice 21st Century medicine under a regulatory structure that’s frozen in the middle of the last century. This bill recognizes the advances in chiropractic medicine and sets an appropriate standard for the services that chiropractors can provide.”

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney and Senator Loretta Weinberg which would redefine the scope of practice of licensed chiropractors in New Jersey was released by the Senate Commerce Committee today by a vote of 4-1.

“Chiropractic medicine has come a long way in the last fifty years, but our State’s regulations are stuck in the 1950s,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “We need to bring New Jersey’s licensing and regulation of chiropractors into the 21st century, recognizing that the practice of chiropractic medicine is much more than ‘cracking backs.’ By expanding the scope of licensed chiropractors in New Jersey, we can relieve some of the restrictive policies imposed on these medical professionals and give health care consumers more choice in treatment options in the Garden State.”