APPOINTMENT OF CHIROPRACTORS AS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

SEC. 505. APPOINTMENT OF CHIROPRACTORS AS COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. (a) Army.—Section 3070 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) The Chiropractic Section.”; (2) in subsection (c), by striking out “four assistant chiefs” and inserting in lieu thereof “up to five assistant chiefs”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Chiropractors who are qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army may be appointed as commissioned officers in the Chiropractic Section of the Army Medical Specialist Corps.”. (b) Navy.—(1) Chapter 513 of such title is amended by inserting after section 5138 the following new section: “§ 5139. Appointment of chiropractors in the Medical Service Corps “Chiropractors who are qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy may be appointed as commissioned officers in the Medical Service Corps of the Navy.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5138 the following new item: “5139. Appointment of chiropractors in the Medical Service Corps.”. (c) Air Force.—Section 8067(f) of such title is amended by inserting “and chiropractic functions” after “physician assistant functions”. (d) Deadline for Regulations.—The regulations required to be prescribed by the amendments made by this section shall be prescribed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.