49 Pa. Code § 5.17 - Biennial registration; unregistered status and inactive status; failure to renew; address of record
(a) A licensee shall register each biennial
period to retain the right to practice in this Commonwealth. Initial
registration shall automatically occur when a license is issued. Registration
for a biennial period shall expire on September 1 of every even numbered
year.
(b) A limited license shall
be issued for a period not to exceed 1 year and may not be renewed.
(c) Certification to use adjunctive
procedures shall automatically be renewed upon biennial registration.
(d) Applications for biennial registration
shall be made on forms supplied by the Board. These forms shall be received by
the Board with the required registration fee by the expiration of the previous
biennial registration period.
(e)
Biennial registration forms and other forms and literature distributed by the
Board will be forwarded to the last mailing address given to the Board by the
licensee. If a licensee changes his mailing address of record, the licensee
shall notify the Board in writing within 10 days thereafter. Failure of the
Board to send or of the licensee to receive a biennial registration application
does not relieve the licensee of the biennial registration
responsibility.
(f) An application
for biennial registration shall contain the following information in the manner
indicated on the application form:
(1) Other
licenses, certificates or authorizations to practice issued, and disciplinary
sanctions and criminal dispositions instituted, as required by section 523 of
the act (63 P. S. §
625.523) and
5.18 (relating to reporting of other licenses, certificates or authorizations
to practice, disciplinary sanctions and criminal dispositions).
(2) Proof of professional liability insurance
as required by section 508 of the act (63 P. S. §
625.508) and 5.41 (relating to certification
of professional liability insurance).
(3) Proof of attendance at continuing
education courses during the previous biennial registration period as required
by section 507 of the act (63 P.S. §
625.507) and §
5.14 (relating to certification to
use adjunctive procedures), if proof was not filed by the expiration of that
biennial registration period.
(4)
Verification that the applicant has completed at least 2 hours of approved
courses in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with §
5.97(b) (relating
to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
requirement).
(g) A
licensee failing to file biennial registration application or pay the required
registration fee by the registration date will have the license classified as
unregistered. As long as a licensee holds an unregistered license, the licensee
is not permitted to practice in this Commonwealth. A licensee who does so when
the license was unregistered will be required to pay a penalty fee of $5 for
each month or part of a month since the expiration of the biennial registration
and may be subject to disciplinary proceedings before the Board or criminal
prosecution, or both.
(h) A
licensee who does not intend to practice in this Commonwealth and who does not
desire to renew registration shall notify the Board in writing. Upon receipt of
this notification, the Board will classify the license as inactive.
(i) The Board will not mail biennial
registration forms to a licensee whose license is classified as inactive or
unregistered, unless the licensee requests, in writing, that the Board renew
the license.
(j) To renew an
inactive or unregistered license, a licensee shall file an application for
biennial registration, pay the current and back registration and penalty fees
which are due, submit a notarized affidavit setting forth the time in which the
licensee did not practice in this Commonwealth, submit a resume of activities
since the license was last registered, submit a letter of good standing from
another state where the licensee has been practicing and submit evidence of
compliance with continuing education, including at least 2 hours of approved
courses in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with §
5.97(b), and
professional liability insurance requirements in accordance with the act and
this chapter.
(k) A licensee will
not be assessed a fee or penalty for preceding biennial registration periods in
which the licensee did not practice in this Commonwealth.
(l) If all other conditions are met as set
forth in the act and this chapter, current registration will be issued upon the
payment of registration and penalty fees which have accrued.
(m) To reactivate a license that has been
inactive for more than 5 years, the licensee shall satisfy all other
requirements for reactivation required by this section, including the
continuing education requirements, and establish current competence to practice
by at least one of the following:
(1)
Successful completion of the examinations required under 5.15(a) (relating to
licensure examinations) within 1 year prior to application for
reactivation.
(2) Compliance with
5.13 (relating to licensure by reciprocity).
(3) Proof of continuous licensed practice of
chiropractic in one or more other jurisdictions of the United States or Canada
for at least 5 years immediately preceding application for reactivation and
successful completion of the examination required by
5.15(a)(2)
(relating to licensure by examination).
(4) Successful completion of both of the
following examinations within 6 months prior to application for reactivation:
(i) The examination required by §
5.15(a)(2).
(ii) The Special
Purpose Examination in Chiropractic administered by the National Board of
Chiropractic Examiners.
Notes
The provisions of this § 5.17 issued under section 302 of the Chiropractic Practice Act (63 P. S. § 625.302); amended under sections 302(3) and 501(b) of the Chiropractic Practice Act (63 P. S. §§ 625.302 and 625.501).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 5.20 (relating to volunteer license); and 49 Pa. Code § 5.77 (relating to failure to meet continuing education requirements).
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