§ 6554. Requirements for a professional license.
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§ 6554. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as a chiropractor, an applicant shall fulfill the following
requirements:
(1)Application: file an application with the department;
(2)Education: have received an education, including two years of
preprofessional college study and completion of a four-year resident
program in chiropractic, in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations;
(3)Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations:
(4)Examination: pass examinations satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations, in clinical chiropractic
analysis, the practice of chiropractic, X-ray as it relates to
chiropractic analysis, and examinations satisfactory to the department
in anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microbiology, diagnosis,
and the use and effect of X-ray;
(5)Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
(6)Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States;
(7)Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
(8)Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the
department for admission to a department conducted examination and for
an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination,
a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee
of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration
period.