republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1688.md

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Bill	Practice of chiropractic; certain medical evaluations.	Provides that the practice of chiropractic medicine shall include performing the physical examination of an applicant for a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit if the practitioner has (i) applied for and received a certificate as a medical examiner from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 390, Subpart D and (ii) registered with the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. The bill also provides that it shall be unprofessional conduct for any person to perform the services of a medical examiner as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 390.5 if, at the time such services are performed, the person performing such services is not listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners or fails to meet the requirements for continuing to be listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1688	Virginia HB 1688 (2017)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	Ronald A. Villanueva	3	15	5	2017-01-06	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3947b6b0-136b-4a8e-86f1-bb77f3aa651b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1688	6f808b0bcc5b4cee75510e75de0cf2005578d50e4462464838ddf9ce7423b86f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1688 (2017) — Practice of chiropractic; certain medical evaluations.

Provides that the practice of chiropractic medicine shall include performing the physical examination of an applicant for a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit if the practitioner has (i) applied for and received a certificate as a medical examiner from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 390, Subpart D and (ii) registered with the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. The bill also provides that it shall be unprofessional conduct for any person to perform the services of a medical examiner as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 390.5 if, at the time such services are performed, the person performing such services is not listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners or fails to meet the requirements for continuing to be listed on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1688ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103418D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 92–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ronald A. Villanueva — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103418D introduction
• 2017-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-19 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-20 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-23 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3947b6b0-136b-4a8e-86f1-bb77f3aa651b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).