Overview
Texas State Archives
Texas Board of Chiropractic
Examiners.
Board of Chiropractic
Examiners meeting files
1963-1998, 2004-2005
The Texas Board of
Chiropractic Examiners licenses and regulates chiropractors and chiropractic
facilities in the state of Texas. These records consist of copies of agenda,
minutes, and transcripts of meetings of the Texas Board of Chiropractic
Examiners, dating 1963-1998 and 2004-2005. Agenda, minutes, and transcripts are
from the quarterly meetings of the board. During their meetings the board hears
reports from the executive director and from committees.
3 cubic ft.
These materials are written predominately in
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and
may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received
by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The
researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17
U.S.C.).
Technical Requirements
None.
Agency History
State regulation of chiropractic practice was originally enacted in
1943, but the statute was declared unconstitutional the following year. In 1949
the 51st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 721, created the Texas
Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board interviews applicants, conducts
examinations, and issues licenses to practice chiropractic. It also approves
reciprocity with boards of other states with requirements similar to those in
Texas, and, beginning in 1993, licenses and regulates chiropractic facilities
in Texas. The board promulgates rules and regulations, annually registers
persons licensed to practice chiropractic, and revokes licenses on grounds
specified in the Chiropractic Act. It also registers all chiropractic
radiological technologists in the state.
The board has appointed an Enforcement Committee to review and analyze
all inquiries and complaints against practitioners and to take appropriate
action to determine if a violation of the Chiropractic Act has occurred. The
entrance examination is offered twice a year. The board publishes an annual
register of persons licensed to practice chiropractic in the state. In 1996,
the board oversaw approximately 3,500 licensed chiropractors.
The policy-making body of the agency is a nine-member board, appointed
by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for overlapping
six-year terms. Six members must be licensed, practicing chiropractors who have
resided in the state for at least five years preceding appointment, and three
members must represent the general public. These are nonsalaried positions, and
the governor designates the president.
(Sources include: the agency website
(http://www.tbce.state.tx.us/), accessed on
January 10, 2006.)
Scope and Contents of the Records
The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners licenses and regulates
chiropractors and chiropractic facilities in the state of Texas. These records
consist of copies of agenda, minutes, and transcripts of meetings of the Texas
Board of Chiropractic Examiners, dating 1963-1998 and 2004-2005. Agenda and
minutes are from the quarterly meetings of the board. Records of meetings
dating October 1991 and November 1992 to July 1995 are verbatim transcripts.
During their meetings the board hears reports from the executive director and
from committees. Beginning in 1996, the committee reports form the largest part
of the minutes (Item IV on the agenda). Committees include enforcement,
licensure and educational standards, technical standards, and rules. Actions of
the committees in regulating licensed chiropractic professionals and handling
complaints include license suspensions and revocations, requests for
reinstatements, and license renewals. The minutes also include the ratification
and names of the examinees who passed the board exam during that quarter.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
Arrangement of the Records
These records are arranged by the creator in chronological order, and
then for each meeting are in numerical order by agenda item.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Subjects:
Chiropractic--Law and
legislation--Texas.
Chiropractic--Vocational
guidance--Texas.
Chiropractors--Texas.
Chiropractors--Certification--Texas.
Document Types:
Minutes--Texas--Chiropractic--1963-1991, 1995-1998,
2004-2005.
Agendas--Texas--Chiropractic--1980-1981, 1995-1997,
2004.
Transcripts--Texas--Chiropractic--1991-1995.
Functions:
Certifying
chiropractors.
Regulating chiropractors.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State Archives
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners meeting
files. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1998/124, 2003/137, 2004/200, 2005/118, 2006/008,
2006/100
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners on May 21, 1998; March 7, 2005; and
September 13, 2005; and by the Texas Legislative Reference Library on March 24,
2003; July 15, 2004; and December 20, 2006.
Other Formats for the Records
The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners has mounted its most recent
minutes in PDF format on the agency web site
(http://www.tbce.state.tx.us/public.html).
As of January 2006, this included June 2 and August 25, 2005.
Location of Originals
The record copies of minutes and agenda are maintained by the Texas
Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
Accruals
In recent years, copies of minutes are transferred to the Texas State
Archives on a regular basis.
Processing Information
Paul Beck, June 1998
Tony Black, March 2003, January 2006
Detailed Description of the Records
Meeting files,
1963-1998,
2004-2005,
3 cubic ft.
Minutes,
1963-1992
1998/124-1
March 1963
1998/124-1
June 1963
1998/124-1
January 1964
1998/124-1
June 1964
1998/124-1
December
1964
1998/124-1
March 1965
1998/124-1
June 1965
1998/124-1
September
1965
1998/124-1
March 1966
1998/124-1
June 1966
1998/124-1
September
1966
1998/124-1
November
1966
1998/124-1
March 1967
1998/124-1
June 1967
1998/124-1
September
1967
1998/124-1
March 1968
1998/124-1
June 1968
1998/124-1
September
1968
1998/124-1
March 1969
1998/124-1
June 1969
1998/124-1
September
1969
1998/124-1
March 1970
1998/124-1
June 1970
1998/124-1
September
1970
1998/124-1
October 1970
1998/124-1
March 1971
1998/124-1
June 1971
1998/124-1
September
1971
1998/124-1
March 1972
1998/124-1
June 1972
1998/124-1
September
1972
1998/124-1
January 1973
1998/124-1
July 1973
1998/124-1
January 1974
1998/124-1
June 1974
1998/124-1
July 1974
1998/124-1
January 1975
1998/124-1
June 1975
1998/124-1
July 1975
1998/124-1
January 1976
1998/124-1
January 1977
1998/124-1
June 1977
1998/124-1
July 1977
1998/124-1
October 1977
1998/124-1
January 1978
1998/124-1
October 1978
1998/124-1
January 1979
1998/124-1
March 1979
1998/124-1
June 1979
1998/124-1
July 1979
1998/124-1
October 1979
1998/124-1
January 1980
[includes agenda]
1998/124-1
June 1980
1998/124-1
July 1980
1998/124-1
October 1980
1998/124-1
January 1981
[includes agenda]
1998/124-1
June 1981
1998/124-1
July 1981
1998/124-1
September
1981
1998/124-1
January 1982
1998/124-1
July 1982
1998/124-1
October 1982
1998/124-1
January 1983
1998/124-1
April 1983
1998/124-1
June 1983
1998/124-1
July 1983
1998/124-1
October 1983
1998/124-1
January 1984
1998/124-1
July 1984
1998/124-1
November
1984
1998/124-1
January 1985
1998/124-1
July 1985
1998/124-1
October 1985
1998/124-1
February
1986
1998/124-1
May 1986
1998/124-1
July-August
1986
1998/124-1
September
1986
1998/124-1
February-March
1987
1998/124-1
April 1987
1998/124-1
May 1987
1998/124-1
July-August
1987
1998/124-1
October 1987
1998/124-1
January 1988
1998/124-1
February
1988
1998/124-1
June 1988
1998/124-1
July 1988
1998/124-1
August 1988
1998/124-1
February
1989
1998/124-1
August 1989
1998/124-2
December 1989-November
1992
[bound volume]:
1998/124-2
December
1989
1998/124-2
March 1990
1998/124-2
August
1990
1998/124-2
January
1991
1998/124-2
August
1991
1998/124-2
October
1991
[transcript]
1998/124-2
January
1992
1998/124-2
March 1992
1998/124-2
June 1992
1998/124-2
August
1992
1998/124-2
November
1992
[transcript]
Transcripts,
1992-1995
1998/124-2
November
1992
1998/124-2
January-February
1993
1998/124-2
August 1993
1998/124-2
November
1993
1998/124-2
February
1994
1998/124-3
March 1994
1998/124-3
May 1994
1998/124-3
August 1994
1998/124-3
October 1994
1998/124-3
November
1994
1998/124-3
February
1995
1998/124-3
March 1995
1998/124-3
February-July
1995
[bound volume]
1998/124-3
February
1995
1998/124-3
March 1995
1998/124-3
July 1995
Minutes and agenda,
1995-1997
1998/124-3
September
1995
1998/124-3
November
1995
1998/124-4
January 1996
1998/124-4
March 1996:
1998/124-4
Minutes, agenda thru Item III
1998/124-4
Item IV: Committee reports
1998/124-4
Items V thru IX
1998/124-4
May 1996:
1998/124-4
Minutes, agenda thru Item III
1998/124-4
Item IV: Committee reports
1998/124-4
Items V thru VIII
1998/124-4
July 1996:
1998/124-4
Minutes and agenda, Item I thru Item III
1998/124-5
Item IV: Committee reports
1998/124-4
September
1996:
1998/124-4
Minutes and agenda, Item I thru Item III
1998/124-4
Item IV: Committee reports
1998/124-4
Items V thru VIII
1998/124-5
November
1996:
1998/124-5
Minutes and agenda, Item I thru Item III
1998/124-5
Item IV: Committee reports, thru Item V
1998/124-5
January
1997:
1998/124-5
Minutes and agenda, Item I thru Item III
1998/124-5
Item IV: Committee reports, thru Item
VIII
1998/124-5
March 1997:
1998/124-5
Minutes and agenda, Item I thru Item III
1998/124-5
Item IV: Committee reports
1998/124-5
Items V thru VII
1998/124-5
May 1997:
1998/124-5
Agenda, Item I thru Item III
1998/124-5
Item IV: Committee reports
1998/124-6
Items V thru VII
1998/124-6
Proposed rule changes
Minutes,
1997-1998
1998/124-6
July
1997
1998/124-6
September
1997
1998/124-6
November
1997
1998/124-6
January
1998
1998/124-6
March
1998
1998/124-6
May
1998
[Note: missing 1999-2003]
Minutes,
2004
1998/124-6
June
2004
1998/124-6
August
2004
Minutes and agenda notebooks,
2004
1998/124-6
November
2004
[2 folders]
Minutes,
2005
1998/124-7
February
2005
1998/124-7
June
2005