Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-7-502 - Procedures for Processing Initial License Applications

A. An applicant may obtain a license application package at the Board Office on business days, from the Board website, or by requesting that the Board mail the application to an address specified by the applicant. An applicant shall pay the Board a non-refundable $10 fee for each license application package.

B. A completed license application package shall be submitted to the Board office on business days. The Board shall deem the license application package received on the date that the Board stamps on the package as the date the package is delivered to the Board office;

C. To complete a license application package, an applicant shall provide the following information and documentation:

1. Two identical passport quality photographs, showing the applicant's full front face and a description of identifying characteristics, if any;

2. The applicant's full current name and any former names;

3. The applicant's current home and all office addresses, current home and all office phone numbers, all current office fax numbers, and any previous home or office address or addresses for the past five years;

4. The type of license, for which application is made;

5. All applicable fees.

6. A record of education requirements described in A.R.S. § 32-921(B) including the applicant's chiropractic college transcript and the applicant's certificate of attainment of passing scores for Parts I, II, III, and IV of the examination conducted by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners;

7. Any record of being convicted of, pleading guilty to, or pleading nolo contendere to a misdemeanor or a felony, even if the record of the conviction or plea was sealed or expunged or the conviction was set aside or forgiven, and any record of an arrest, investigation, indictment, or charge within the last 12 months. The applicant shall submit any record of being refused a license to practice chiropractic or any other health care profession in this or any other state, and any record of a formal sanction taken against the applicant's license in this or any other state;

8. A completed fingerprint card;

9. A list of all other states or jurisdictions in which the applicant is or has been licensed or certified to practice chiropractic or any other health care profession with a verification of good standing for each current license or certification submitted directly by the licensing agency of the other state or jurisdiction;

10. The name and professional designation of the owner or owners of the clinic or office at which the applicant will be employed, if applicable;

11. The applicant's Social Security number;

12. The applicant's notarized signature, attesting to the truthfulness of the information provided by the applicant;

13. A score of 75% or higher on the Arizona Jurisprudence Examination. The applicant shall not sit for the Arizona Jurisprudence Examination until the application package is otherwise complete.

D. Within 25 business days of receiving a license application package, the Board shall notify the applicant in writing that the package is either complete or incomplete. If the package is incomplete, the notice shall specify the information that is missing. If the Board does not provide notice to the applicant, the license application package shall be deemed complete after the passage of 25 business days.

E. An applicant with an incomplete license application package shall supply the missing information within 60 calendar days from the date of the notice. An applicant who is unable to supply the missing information within 60 calendar days may submit a written request to the Board for an extension of time in which to provide a complete application package. The request for an extension of time shall be submitted to the Board office before the 60-day deadline for submission of a complete application package, and shall state the reason that the applicant is unable to comply with the 60-day requirement and the amount of additional time requested. The Board shall grant a request for an extension of time if the Board finds that the reason the applicant was unable to comply with the 60-day requirement was due to circumstances beyond the applicant's control and that compliance can reasonably be expected to be remedied during the extension of time.

F. If an applicant fails to submit a complete license application package within the time permitted, the Board shall close the applicant's file and send a notice to the applicant by U.S. Mail that the application file has been closed. An applicant whose file has been closed and who later wishes to become licensed, shall apply anew.

G. After receiving all missing information as specified in subsection (E), the Board shall notify the applicant that the license application package is complete.

H. The Board shall render a licensing decision no later than 120 business days after receiving a completed license application package. The Board shall deem a license application package to be complete on the postmarked date of the notice advising the applicant that the package is complete.

I. An applicant seeking initial licensure by reciprocity under A.R.S. § 32-922.01 shall submit an application to the Board and shall comply with all provisions of R4-7-502 except that the applicant is not required to submit proof of obtaining a passing score on Part IV of the examination conducted by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

J. An applicant seeking initial licensure by endorsement under A.R.S. § 32-922.03 shall submit an application to the Board and shall comply with all provisions of R4-7-502 except that the applicant is not required to submit proof of obtaining a passing score on Part III & IV of the examination conducted by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

J. K. For the purpose of A.R.S. § 41-1073, the Board establishes the following time-frames for initial licenses:

1. Administrative completeness review time-frame: 25 business days.

2. Substantive review time-frame: 120 business days.

3. Overall time-frame: 145 business days.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-7-502

Former Article V, Rule 2; Amended effective December 31, 1975 (Supp. 75-2). Former Section R4-7-31 renumbered as Section R4-7-502 without change effective September 27, 1985 (Supp. 85-5). Repealed effective July 6, 1993 (Supp. 93-3). Adopted effective November 1, 1998; filed in the Office of the Secretary of State October 22, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 1848, effective July 10, 2007 (Supp. 07-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 3534, effective 1/1/2018.