An applicant for licensure as a chiropractor shall make an
application on a form prescribed by the board at least 30 days prior to the
date of the next scheduled board meeting and shall also submit:
Note: Applications are available upon request
from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, 1400 East Washington
Avenue, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708.
(1) The fee required under s.
440.05(1),
Stats.
(3) An official certified
transcript sent directly to the board from a college or university or
post-secondary technical college accredited by an agency approved by the United
States Office of Education or its successor, or from a foreign school
determined to be equivalent to an accredited college or post-secondary
technical college showing completion by the applicant of a minimum of 60
credits in post-secondary academic education as specified in s.
446.02(2),
Stats.
Note: Accrediting bodies nationally recognized by
the United States Office of Education include the New England Association of
Schools and Colleges, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools,
the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Northwest
Association of Schools and Colleges, the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
(4) An official certified transcript sent
directly to the board from a chiropractic college accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) or by an agency
approved by the United States Office of Education or its successor, or from a
foreign school determined to be equivalent to an accredited college of
chiropractic by the CCE or another approved accrediting agency.
(5) Proof of successful completion of the
initial licensure examinations of the national board of chiropractic
examiners.
(6) Applications for an
initial license to practice chiropractic in this state received on or after
July 1, 1998, shall include all of the following:
(a) An official certified transcript sent
directly to the board from a college or university accredited by an accrediting
body listed as nationally recognized by the secretary of the federal department
of education, or from a foreign school determined to be equivalent to an
accredited college or university by an approved accrediting agency, stating
that the applicant has graduated from that college or university with a
bachelor's degree.
(b) An official
certified transcript sent directly to the board from a college of chiropractic
accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) or by an agency
approved by the United States Office of Education or its successor, or from a
foreign school determined to be equivalent to an accredited college of
chiropractic by the CCE or another approved accrediting agency, stating that
the applicant has graduated from the college with the degree of doctor of
chiropractic.
(c) Evidence that the
applicant has current proficiency in the use of an automated external
defibrillator.
Notes
Wis. Admin. Code Chiropractic Examining Board
Chir 2.02
Cr. Register, December,
1984, No. 348, eff. 1-1-85; am. (4), Register, May, 1986, No. 365, eff. 6-1-86;
am. (4), Register, November, 1989, No. 407, eff. 12-1-89; cr. (6), Register,
September, 1994, No. 465, eff. 7-1-98; am. (4), Register, September, 1995, No.
477, eff. 10-1-95; am. (intro.), (1), (3) to (6), r. (2), cr. (7), Register,
September, 1999, No. 525, eff. 10-1-99; CR 03-082: am. (intro.), (3), (4), (6)
(a) and (b), r. (7) Register July 2004 No. 583, eff. 8-1-04; CR 08-093: cr. (6)
(c) Register October 2009 No. 646, eff.
11-1-09.
The bachelor's degree and the doctor of chiropractic degree
may be earned in either order or simultaneously, but the board may not grant a
license to any applicant who does not have both degrees.
