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In 1943, Tennessee enacted a basic science law requiring practitioners of the healing arts to pass a basic science exam before licensure. For more than three decades the statute operated as a passive barrier to chiropractic, limiting licensure while, at one point in time, exempting medical doctors. In 1975, the Tennessee Chiropractic Association and the Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners as well as 18 chiropractors challenged the law in federal court. During this time, it was revealed that more than 1,360 medical doctors had never taken the exam and were illegally licensed which led to an accelerated repeal of the statute in 1976, marking a pivotal moment in Tennessee chiropractic history.
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