I am a practicing chiropractor and have been in Virginia for 30 years.  I have also been actively involved in teaching chiropractic continuing education with 7 of the chiropractic colleges for 25 years.  I would like to encourage the BOM to adopt regulation requiring a BS/BA degree in addition to a DC degree for licensure.  This is the evolving standard in all adjacent mid-atlantic states as well as throughout the United States.  It is important at this point to ensure adequate levels of education for health care professionals so that they may function in the increasingly evidence based and scientifically sophisticated enviornment.  The proposed regulation is not intended to unfairly restrict licensure and has an implimentation structure that would not impose new requirements on any current chiropractic program students.

Scott D. Banks, DC

Cape Charles, VA