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Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners Names Executive Director

James Badge, DC, chairman, and the Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners has announced that Pamela J. Paschal, interim executive director, has been instated as executive director. Her instatement is effective Feb. 1, 2014.

Ms. Paschal was appointed as the interim executive director on Oct. 2, 2013. She has been with the chiropractic board since April 2009.

Source: Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners

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