Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 16 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Article 2 - Licensing
12 AAC 16.037 - National examination requirements

Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 16.037

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) To satisfy the examination requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(6), an applicant must successfully pass each subject of the following parts of the examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the elective physiotherapy examination:

(1) if the applicant graduated before 1987 from a school or college of chiropractic that meets the requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(3), parts one and two of the national examination;

(2) if the applicant graduated after 1986 from a school or college of chiropractic that meets the requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(3), parts one, two, and three of the national examination.

(b) An applicant who has been in the active practice of chiropractic for five continuous years before the date of application for a license in this state may substitute successful passage of the Special Purposes Examination of Chiropractic (SPEC) of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners for parts three and four of the national examination.

(c) To pass a national examination subject, an applicant must achieve a minimum score of

(1) 75 percent for an examination taken before October 1983; or

(2) 375 for an examination taken on or after October 1983.

(d) If the applicant graduated after September 1, 1998, from a school or college of chiropractic that meets the requirements of AS 08.20.120(a)(3), in addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, an applicant must also pass part four of the national examination.

Authority:AS 08.20.055

AS 08.20.120

AS 08.20.130

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