(1) A licensed chiropractor who wishes to retain a license but who will not be practicing chiropractic in Montana may obtain an inactive status license upon submission of an application. An individual licensed on inactive status may not practice chiropractic in Montana during the period in which the licensee remains on inactive status.

(2) An individual licensed on inactive status may convert the inactive status license to active status by submission of an appropriate application, payment of the renewal fee for the year in question, evidence that the licensee is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the licensee holds or has held a license, and evidence of one of the following:

(a) during each year of inactive status in this state, full-time (no less than 1500 hours per year) practice of chiropractic under a license in good standing in another state that requires completion of continuing education substantially equivalent to that required under these rules and fulfillment of those requirements; or

(b) proof of completion of 12 hours of approved continuing education in the year preceding activation.