AN ACT

        ENTITLED, An Act to  require a bachelor's degree for persons applying for a chiropractic license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 36-5-8 be amended to read as follows:
     36-5-8.   Any person is eligible for examination who is a high school graduate and who has satisfactorily completed two years of preprofessional study in a liberal arts or science course at any college or university approved by the Board of Examiners and who is a graduate of a chiropractic school approved by the Board of Examiners or will be a graduate of a chiropractic school approved by the Board of Examiners within ninety days after taking the examination. Such chiropractic school shall require at a minimum for graduation a period of actual attendance equivalent to the standard four-year course, teaching adequate courses in the basic sciences and all subjects pertaining to the practice of chiropractic. The minimum requirements for licensure of any person graduating on or after January 1, 2011 shall be a baccalaureate degree in addition to a doctor of chiropractic degree. The baccalaureate degree may be granted by an accredited undergraduate program or by a chiropractic college or university that can offer a dual degree.

An Act to require a bachelor's degree for persons applying for a chiropractic license.

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I certify that the attached Act originated in the

SENATE as Bill No. 20

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Secretary of the Senate
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President of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

Senate Bill No. 20
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______  
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

20____ at ____________ M.


By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___

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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State