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type: "Bill"
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title: "Practice of chiropractic; certain medical evaluations."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1688"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1688 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ronald A. Villanueva"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-06"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3947b6b0-136b-4a8e-86f1-bb77f3aa651b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1688"
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source_hash: "6f808b0bcc5b4cee75510e75de0cf2005578d50e4462464838ddf9ce7423b86f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1688 (2017) — Practice of chiropractic; certain medical evaluations.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0171)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1688ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1688ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103418D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1688)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Ronald A. Villanueva — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103418D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3947b6b0-136b-4a8e-86f1-bb77f3aa651b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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