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Labor Day Office Closure

August 27, 2025

The office of the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners will be closed Monday, September 1^st in observance of Labor Day. The office will reopen Tuesday, September 2^nd at 8:00 A.M. CST.

Reminder to All Licensees

May 6, 2025

As of September 1, 2020, all licensees are required to complete a Health and Human Services Commission-approved course in human trafficking awareness (see Texas Occupations Code Chapter 116) in order to renew a chiropractic license. The new list of HHSC approved training courses can be found here: Human Trafficking Course List.

For a license renewal hold to be released, a licensee must submit a certificate of completion to licensing@tbce.texas.gov. DO NOT wait until the last minute to complete and submit the training certificate. Once a renewal hold is released, the new record will take up to two business days to engage with our online payment system. Licensees are responsible for all aspects of license renewal, up to and including late fees or fines.

Please note that the Human Trafficking course is a requirement for renewal but does not count towards a licensee’s continuing education requirements.

Scam Alert

March 27, 2025

The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners reminds all licensees to be aware of scams targeting licensed chiropractors. Scams can include individuals claiming to be representatives or investigators of the Board or other government agencies such as the DPS, FBI, DEA, or IRS. They will often claim that the chiropractor faces arrest or that his or her license has been suspended, revoked, or is somehow in jeopardy. They will then demand payment or other sensitive personal information such as social security numbers to commit identity fraud. They might also spoof the agency's phone number, or attempt to use forgeries of our letterhead, the seal of the State of Texas, our address, or forged signatures of our staff or Board members.

Please be advised that any licensee under investigation by the Board will be notified by regular and certified USPS mail. The letter will contain the contact information for the relevant investigator. Governmental agencies at both the state and federal level will not make first contact related to a complaint by telephone. Emergency license suspensions will be served in person by clearly identified Board personnel. The Board might call or email the subject of an investigation only if it receives no response to the written letters.

If a licensee ever questions any enforcement related communication, they are urged to immediately contact the TBCE at our main line telephone number: 512-305-6700. Board staff can quickly determine whether the notice is legitimate, and if it is, they can easily forward you to the relevant investigator. Alternatively, you may contact your attorney or malpractice carrier who can then reach out to us.

The Board will never contact licensees by telephone demanding money or threatening license suspension. Board investigators will not ask for personal identification such as social security numbers or dates of birth over the phone.

Feel free to contact us at tbce@tbce.texas.gov if you have any questions or wish to share information about suspected fraud.

The March 2025 issue of the Texas Chiropractic Board Report is available!

March 18, 2025

Read the current issue

Rules Update

March 11, 2024

At its February 29, 2024, meeting, the Board approved the following action concerning the Board’s rules in the Texas Administrative Code (TAC):

Adopted Repeal and Replacement of Current Rules

22 TAC §72.21 (Requirements for Military Spouses) (without changes)
22 TAC §72.22 (Requirements for Military Members and Veterans) (without changes)

These adopted rules will be effective on March 21, 2024. Official rule changes will first appear in the Texas Administrative Code on the effective date.

The official text of the proposed and adopted rules will be published in the Texas Register’s March 15, 2024, issue. You can view issues of the Texas Register at: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml.

You can view the unofficial text (and the Board’s stated purpose for each) at the link below. For any rules repealed and replaced (if any), only the unofficial text of the replacement (proposal or adoption) is included below. Please call the Board’s General Counsel at 512-305-6700 if you have any questions. Note there may be minor non-substantive differences between the unofficial versions and the official text published in the Texas Register or the Texas Administrative Code:

72.21 - new - adopt - unofficial
72.22 - new - adopt - unofficial

The Board’s current official rules in the Texas Administrative Code can be viewed any time on the Texas Secretary of State’s website at: https://texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com/rules-and-meetings?interface=VIEW_TAC&part=3&title=22

Brief Statement on TAAOM Lawsuit Settlement

January 17, 2024

Austin, TX – The Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (TAAOM) has chosen not to appeal the recent Austin district court decision upholding the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners' (Board) rule governing the practice of acupuncture by Texas chiropractors. The court’s judgement was rendered on October 3, 2023. In exchange for TAAOM’s waiver of their right to appeal, the Board and the state have waived TAAOM’s court costs in the litigation.

This settlement avoids further legal uncertainties and allows both parties to focus on their important roles in serving the Texas healthcare community. The Board will continue to fulfill its duty of regulating chiropractors in the state, which includes regulating the use of acupuncture by chiropractors within the chiropractic scope of practice.