2020 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 9 - Chiropractors
§ 43-9-7. Qualifications of Applicants for License to Practice Chiropractic
- Any person wishing to practice chiropractic in this state shall make application to the board through the division director in such form as may be adopted and directed by the board.
- The application shall recite the history of the applicant's educational qualifications, how long he or she has studied chiropractic, what collateral branches, if any, he or she has studied, and the length of time he or she has engaged in clinical practice, with proof thereof in the form of diplomas, certificates, and other information, and shall accompany the application with satisfactory evidence of good character and reputation.
- Each applicant shall provide with his or her application an application fee in an amount established by the board.
- Each applicant shall be of good moral character and shall be a graduate of a chiropractic school or college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or a board approved successor or a chiropractic school or college which is actively seeking accreditation from the Council on Chiropractic Education or a board approved successor, which requires a four-year standard college course and is approved by the board.
- In addition to the requirements heretofore provided in this Code section, each applicant for examination shall have successfully concluded two years' general college training in schools or colleges approved by the Southern Association of Accredited Colleges and Universities or schools or colleges approved by virtue of reciprocity through such association. The board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations regarding such requirements with respect to schools or colleges in foreign countries not approved by the Southern Association of Accredited Colleges and Universities.
- A student enrolled in the last academic year of a chiropractic school or college meeting the requirements of this chapter as set forth in subsection (d) of this Code section may, at the discretion of the board, take the examination as required in Code Section 43-9-8; provided, however, that such student has successfully completed all other requirements for application for licensure as established either by this chapter or by board rule. Such a student who successfully passes the examination shall not be eligible for licensure until all of the requirements of application for licensure established by this chapter or board rule are met.
(Ga. L. 1921, p. 166, § 5; Code 1933, § 84-507; Ga. L. 1939, p. 252, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 6, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 714, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1054, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2050, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 913, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 831, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 983, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1706, § 19; Ga. L. 2010, p. 266, § 17/SB 195.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Applicant must have studied four nine-month terms at chiropractic college.
- Applicant for examination and license to practice chiropractic must be a graduate of a chartered chiropractic school or college which requires a four-year course of nine months each. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 487; 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 318; 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 539 (decided prior to 1984 amendment).
Whether school or college awards credits for performance on college level examination program is irrelevant to the board's determination that the applicant has satisfied the requirement of successful completion of two years of general college training in an approved school. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-81.
Board may not waive requirements of statute.- Before any person can become an applicant for chiropractic examinations, it is necessary that the person comply with this statute and the board is without authority to give examination to such person before the applicant complied with the statute. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 140.
Board determines if course content acceptable.- Since there is no such thing as a standard course of four years, nine months each year, to be found in field of chiropractic education, it follows that the criteria for any particular course in chiropractic must be adjudged by the board of examiners. 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 318.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Constitutionality of statute prescribing conditions of practicing medicine or surgery as affected by question of discrimination against particular school or method, 54 A.L.R. 600.
Right to enjoin business competitor from unlicensed or otherwise illegal acts or practices, 90 A.L.R.2d 7.
