Legislation
SECTION 6554
Requirements for a professional license
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 8, ARTICLE 132
§ 6554. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as a chiropractor, an applicant shall fulfill the following
requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2) Education: have received an education, including two years of
preprofessional college study and completion of a four-year resident
program in chiropractic, in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations;
(3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations:
(4) Examination: pass examinations satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations, in clinical chiropractic
analysis, the practice of chiropractic, X-ray as it relates to
chiropractic analysis, and examinations satisfactory to the department
in anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microbiology, diagnosis,
and the use and effect of X-ray;
(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
(6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States;
(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
(8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the
department for admission to a department conducted examination and for
an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination,
a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee
of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration
period.
license as a chiropractor, an applicant shall fulfill the following
requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2) Education: have received an education, including two years of
preprofessional college study and completion of a four-year resident
program in chiropractic, in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations;
(3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations:
(4) Examination: pass examinations satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations, in clinical chiropractic
analysis, the practice of chiropractic, X-ray as it relates to
chiropractic analysis, and examinations satisfactory to the department
in anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microbiology, diagnosis,
and the use and effect of X-ray;
(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
(6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States;
(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
(8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the
department for admission to a department conducted examination and for
an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination,
a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee
of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration
period.