2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 634 - Chiropractic Physicians and Chiropractic Assistants
NRS 634.090 - Licenses: Qualifications of applicants. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Licenses: Qualifications of applicants. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

1. An applicant must, in addition to the requirements of NRS 634.070 and 634.080, furnish satisfactory evidence to the Board:

(a) That the applicant is of good moral character;

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 5, that the applicant has a high school education and is a graduate from a college of chiropractic which is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or which has a reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education or any governmental accrediting agency, whose minimum course of study leading to the degree of doctor of chiropractic consists of not less than 4,000 hours of credit which includes instruction in each of the following subjects:

(1) Anatomy;

(2) Bacteriology;

(3) Chiropractic theory and practice;

(4) Diagnosis and chiropractic analysis;

(5) Elementary chemistry and toxicology;

(6) Histology;

(7) Hygiene and sanitation;

(8) Obstetrics and gynecology;

(9) Pathology;

(10) Physiology; and

(11) Physiotherapy; and

(c) That the applicant has successfully:

(1) Completed parts I, II, III and IV, and the portion relating to physiotherapy, of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners or its successor organization; or

(2) Completed an examination that is required to graduate from a college of chiropractic which is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or which has a reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education or any governmental accrediting agency. Such an examination must be:

(I) Administered by such a college; and

(II) Approved by the Board.

2. The Board may, for good cause shown, waive the requirement for a particular applicant that the college of chiropractic from which the applicant graduated must be accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or have a reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education or a governmental accrediting agency.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, every applicant is required to submit evidence of the successful completion of not less than 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university.

4. Any applicant who has been licensed to practice in another state, and has been in practice for not less than 5 years, is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 3.

5. If an applicant has received his or her training and education at a school or college located in a foreign country, the Board may, if the Board determines that such training and education is substantially equivalent to graduation from a college of chiropractic that is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education and otherwise meets the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, waive the requirement that an applicant attend or graduate from a college that:

(a) Is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education; or

(b) Has a reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education or a governmental accrediting agency.

[Part 7:23:1923; A 1929, 280; 1949, 655; 1951, 258; 1955, 506]—(NRS A 1965, 352; 1971, 562; 1975, 118; 1983, 421; 1991, 2082; 1997, 820; 2001, 5; 2003, 3445; 2015, 510; 2019, 2288)

1. An applicant must, in addition to the requirements of NRS 634.070 and 634.080, furnish satisfactory evidence to the Board:

(a) That the applicant is of good moral character;

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 6, that the applicant has a high school education and is a graduate from a college of chiropractic which is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its successor organization, or an accrediting agency recognized by that organization; and

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, that the applicant has successfully completed:

(1) Parts I, II, III and IV, and the portion relating to physiotherapy, of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, or its successor organization; or

(2) An examination that is required to graduate from a college of chiropractic which is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its successor organization, or an accrediting agency recognized by that organization. Such an examination must be:

(I) Administered by such a college; and

(II) Approved by the Board.

2. If an applicant has actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other territory or possession of the United States for not less than 7 of the immediately preceding 10 years without any adverse disciplinary action taken against him or her, the applicant is only required to have successfully completed those parts of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, or its successor organization, at the time that the applicant graduated from a college of chiropractic.

3. The Board may, for good cause shown, waive the requirement for a particular applicant that the college of chiropractic from which the applicant graduated must be accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its successor organization, or an accrediting agency recognized by that organization.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6, every applicant is required to submit evidence of the successful completion of not less than 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university.

5. Any applicant who has been licensed to practice in another state, and has been in practice for not less than 5 years, is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 4.

6. If an applicant has received his or her training and education at a school or college located in a foreign country and the course of study leading to his or her degree of doctor of chiropractic consisted of not less than 4,000 hours of instruction, the Board may, if the Board determines that such training and education is substantially equivalent to graduation from a college of chiropractic that is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its successor organization, waive the requirement that an applicant attend or graduate from a college that is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its successor organization, or an accrediting agency recognized by that organization.

[Part 7:23:1923; A 1929, 280; 1949, 655; 1951, 258; 1955, 506]—(NRS A 1965, 352; 1971, 562; 1975, 118; 1983, 421; 1991, 2082; 1997, 820; 2001, 5; 2003, 3445; 2015, 510; 2019, 2288; 2021, 526, effective January 1, 2022)