24.126.504    LICENSE BY EXAMINATION

(1) Applicants for chiropractic licensure by examination must apply on forms provided by the department, accompanied by the appropriate fee per ARM 24.126.401, and submit the following:

(a) official transcripts sent directly from the educational institution to demonstrate the applicant achieved:

(i) a minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, except as provided in 37-12-302(3), MCA; and

(ii) graduation from a chiropractic college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) or another accrediting body in good standing with the Council on Chiropractic Education International (CCEI);

(b) results of the national board examination (Part I, II, III, and IV, and physiotherapy) sent directly from the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE);

(c) verification of licensure sent directly from all states in which the applicant has held or holds a license; and

(d) an original, unopened self-query of the National Practitioner Databank (NPDB).

(2) Applicants must also pass the state jurisprudence examination with a minimum score of 75 percent.

 

History: 37-1-131, 37-12-201, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-12-304, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, 1979 MAR p. 442, Eff. 5/11/79; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic., Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 1540, Eff. 8/13/82; AMD, 1983 MAR p. 1247, Eff. 9/16/83; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 44, Eff. 1/15/88; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 995, Eff. 6/1/90; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 2131, Eff. 9/25/92; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 2844, Eff. 10/25/96; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 1494, Eff. 6/12/98; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1307, Eff. 5/26/00; TRANS, from Commerce, 2003 MAR p. 2761; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 1978, Eff. 9/12/08; AMD, 2018 MAR p. 645, Eff. 3/31/18.