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312.085 Application to practice chiropractic -- Course of study -- Qualifications.
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Any persons desiring to practice chiropractic in this state shall make application to
the board, in the form and manner established by the board by the promulgation of
administrative regulations. Each applicant shall have satisfactorily completed not
less than sixty (60) semester credit hours of study from a college or university
accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or other regional
accrediting agencies as recognized by the United States Department of Education
and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation, be a graduate of a college or
university accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or their successors,
and which maintains a standard and reputability approved by the board.
The board may by administrative regulation require a two-year pre-chiropractic
course of instruction to be completed prior to entry into chiropractic college. The
board may by administrative regulation establish a preceptorship program where
students or graduates of accredited chiropractic colleges as stated in this section
may work with and under the direction and supervision of a licensed doctor of
chiropractic prior to the taking of the appropriate licensing examination.
Applications shall be signed in applicant's own handwriting, and shall be sworn to
and before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and shall recite the history of
the applicant as to his educational experience, his length of study of chiropractic,
what collateral branches he has studied, the length of time he has been engaged in
clinical practice, accompanying same with a diploma, or diplomas awarded to
applicant by a college or colleges in which such studies were pursued. Certificates
of attendance from the college or colleges from which he is a graduate, stating dates
of matriculation, graduation, and number of months and hours in attendance shall
accompany the application, with satisfactory evidence of good character and
reputation. No license shall be issued to any person convicted of a felony unless he
has been pardoned and approved by the board.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 11, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 90, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 252, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 17, effective July 13, 1990. --Amended 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 359,
sec. 9, effective June 19, 1976. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 8, effective
June 14, 1962.
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