Talked with Sheila Bolton at the Alabama Chiropractic Board and she directed me to Section 34-24-120 paragraphs A & B and emphasized that Chiropractors in Alabama may only treat the human body. Under the Veterinary Regulations 34-29-61  (14 & 21) Animal Chiropractic is considered the practice of Veterinary Medicine.

Link to Regs: http://chiro.alabama.gov/PDF/2015/ChiropracticCodeAct2015Revised_12_31_15.pdf

NO Specific Regulation. However, talked with Thomas Bay, licensing examiner and he stated that Chiropractors in Alaska are only allowed to treat the human body. Apparently however, Animal massage therapists can massage animals under direct Veterinary Supervision.  Additionally talked with Veterinary Board's licensing examiner,  Ilsa Lund and she related: "There are no regulations on this. However, our board does not look favorably on people who are not licensed veterinarians treating animals. Therefore, if a chiropractor wants to practice on an animal, we advise that he or she do so under a veterinarian, and of course with the permission of the owner."

https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofChiropracticExaminers.aspx

Martin W. Kollasch, DC, MBA, Executive Director, State of Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners emailed back: "Arizona laws and rules governing Chiropractic do not specifically address the treatment of animals, however, the state's veterinary laws and rules do." (Actually they don't on further research)

Victoria Whitmore, Executive Director, Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board stated,"Under veterinary supervision would be ok if vet examines and determines chiropractic would help. Links: https://vetboard.az.gov/statutes-and-rules

https://vetboard.az.gov/sites/default/files/AZ%20Revised%20Statutes%208.3.18.pdf

However, Article 3, Section 32-2231 does mention manipulation on an animal as practicing Veterinary Medicine. It does not however mention Chiropractic, only equine dentistry performed under direct supervision of a Veterinarian.

Talked with Laurie Mayhan, Director, asbce@arkansas.gov

Yes Chiropractors are able to treat animals in Arkansas pursuant to the applicable regulations as follows:

(State Law does not prohibit )Any chiropractor licensed in this state and certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association from performing chiropractic upon animals so long as the chiropractic is performed under the immediate supervision of an Arkansas-licensed veterinarian;...

Link: https://arvetboard.statesolutions.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Practice-Act-2019.pdf

Yes Licensed Chiropractors in the State of California can treat animals but must follow Title 16, Section 2038. Chiropractors licensed in the state must be under the direct supervision of the attending Veterinarian. No special additional training required. See: Title 16. Professional and Vocational Regulations. Division 20. Veterinary Medical Board. Article Practice. § 2038. Musculoskeletal Manipulation: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I95EB2100D48F11DEBC02831C6D6C108E?originationContext=Search+Result&listSource=Search&viewType=FullText&navigationPath=Search%2fv3%2fsearch%2fresults%2fnavigation%2fi0ad62d2e00000164238439ea0f0b627b%3fstartIndex%3d1%26Nav%3dREGULATION_PUBLICVIEW%26contextData%3d(sc.Default)&rank=3&list=REGULATION_PUBLICVIEW&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=(sc.Search)&t_T2=2038&t_S1=CA+ADC+s

Yes Licensed Chiropractors can treat animals in Colorado provided they are registered in the State as Animal Chiropractors. Or Chiropractors who have not completed all of the requirements to become registered must work under the direct supervision of a licensed Veterinarian. See the following for more information: https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/2016/title-12/health-care/article-33/part-1/section-12-33-127/

Made many calls to both boards with no response or call back. The following was gleaned from studying the following. The Chiropractic Practice Act does not address Chiropractors treating animals. Chiropractic Practice Act: https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Practitioner-Licensing--Investigations/Chiropractor/Connecticut-General-Statutes---Chapter-372

I did receive a call back from the Chairman of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for Connecticut who stated unequivocally that Chiropractic in Connecticut is, "human spine only and that there are no proposed changes in the regulations to his knowledge."

However the Veterinary Practice Act delineates the following:

..."and the performance of myofascial trigger point therapy by persons experienced in that practice shall not be deemed to be the practice of veterinary medicine."..."For purposes of this section, “myofascial trigger point therapy” means the use of specific palpation, compression, stretching and corrective exercise for promoting optimum athleticism, and “persons experienced in that practice” means a person who, prior to the effective date of this section, has attended a minimum of two hundred hours of classroom, lecture and hands-on practice in myofascial trigger point therapy, including animal musculoskeletal anatomy and biomechanics, theory and application of animal myofascial trigger point techniques, factors that habituate a presenting condition and corrective exercise."

Veterinary Practice Act: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Departments-and-Agencies/DPH/dph/practitioner_licensing_and_investigations/plis/vet/VETStatutepdf.pdf?la=en

Left many messages and received no responses. However researching the Rules and Regulations and License law statutes there is no mention of Chiropractors treating animals in any of the following:

Veterinary Rules & Regulations: http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title24/3300.pdf

Veterinary License Law: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c033/sc01/index.shtml

Chiropractic Rules & Regulations: http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title24/700.shtml

Chiropractic License Law: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c007/

After leaving messages and talking with a number of individuals across a number of departments, "Alicia, we don’t give last names here,"Regulatory Consultant and Team Lead, Call Center for the Florida Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation escalated call to Veterinary Board where messages were left. Then

got a call back from Amanda Senn, Government Analyst who stated, "There are no written rules that speak to chiropractors treating animals, no written policy. There are guidelines that we recommend. Chiropractor can set up a referral service with a vet. The animal must be seen by the veterinarian. If the veterinarian believes that Chiropractic care is in best interest of the animal, then the Chiropractor can treat the animal under the direct supervision of the veterinarian."

Link: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/veterinary-medicine/

Link: Go to www.myfloridalicense.com -> Business and Professions ->

Veterinary medicine -> Statures and Rules -> Chapter 61G18, Florida Administrative Code -> 61G18-19.002

Georgia was difficult. They wouldn't answer anything over the phone but requested one to email them. We received an email response that begin with this, "Please note that the Georgia Board of Chiropractic and its administrative staff may not provide that which may be considered legal advice to any third party ....etc" Also there was nothing in the Chiropractic regulations that even mentioned animals.

Link: https://sos.ga.gov/plb/acrobat/Laws/12_Chiropractors_43-9.pdf

Digging into the Rules from the Veterinary Board I pulled out the following:

"§ 43-50-44. Exemptions from article This article shall not be construed to prohibit:

(14) A person performing soft tissue animal massage or other forms of soft tissue animal manipulation;"

Link: https://sos.ga.gov/plb/acrobat/Laws/07_Veterinary_43-50.pdf

Talked with Kedin Kleinhans, Executive Officer, Board of Veterinary Medicine. He said there had been two veterinarian Board meetings about this. April 15, 2009, approving licensed veterinarians performing chiropractic on animals. July 2010, approving chiropractors to treat animals under a licensed veterinarian.

https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/veterinary/