12 AAC 16.030 - Application for licensure by examination

(a) A person applying for chiropractic licensure by examination shall submit

(1) a completed application on a form provided by the department;

(2) the fees set out under 12 AAC 02.150;

(3) official college transcripts that show that the applicant has met the education requirements set out in AS 08.20.120(a)(1), (3), and (4);

(4) an official grade transcript sent directly to the department from the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners that shows that the applicant has passed the applicable examination under 12 AAC 16.037;

(5) either

(A) official college transcripts that show that the applicant has met the education requirements set out in AS 08.20.120(a)(2); or

(B) evidence of active licensed practice of chiropractic for at least three of the four years preceding the date of the application;

(6) if the applicant graduated from a school or college of chiropractic more than three years before the date of the application,

(A) verification of the status of the applicant's license from each licensing jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held a license to practice chiropractic, sent directly to the department from the licensing jurisdiction; and

(B) documentation of continuing education that meets the requirements set out under (b) of this section;

(7) a report under AS 12.62 containing the applicant's criminal history record information, issued not more than 90 days before the date of the application; and

(8) if the applicant primarily resides in another state or holds or has held a license to practice chiropractic in another state, an equivalent report to the report under AS 12.62 containing the applicant's criminal history record information, issued by that state not more than 90 days before the date of the application.

(b) An applicant's documentation of continuing education required under (a) of this section must document 32 credit hours of continuing education, approved by the board or another licensing jurisdiction, earned within the two years preceding the date of the application, and

(1) must include at least

(A) eight hours in radiographic safety, radiographic techniques and interpretation, or diagnostic imaging;

(B) two hours in coding and documentation;

(C) two hours in ethics and boundaries;

(D) two hours in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and

(E) 18 hours in education that does not include business management;

(2) may not include more than four total hours in the following subject areas:

(A) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training;

(B) automated external defibrillator (AED) training;

(C) basic life support (BLS) training; and

(3) may not include more than 16 hours obtained over the Internet or through distance learning.

Notes

12 AAC 16.030

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Authority:AS 08.20.055

AS 08.20.110

AS 08.20.120

AS 08.20.130

AS 08.20.170