Delaware Administrative Code
Title 24 - Regulated Professions and Occupations
Department of State
Division of Professional Regulation
700 - Board of Chiropractic
Section 700-4.0 - Inactive Status or Termination of Practice

4.1 Any licensee who seeks to be placed on inactive status or who is terminating his or her practice in this State or who is leaving this State and is not transferring his or her records to another chiropractor shall notify the Board in writing and notify all patients treated within the last three (3) years by publication in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the State of Delaware and offer to make the patients records available to the patient or his or her duly authorized representative. Except in an emergency situation where as much notice as is reasonably possible shall be given, the notice by publication shall be made at least ninety (90) days prior to termination of the practice or leaving the State and must be published at least 3 times over this ninety (90) day period and must explain how a patient can procure his or her patient records. All patients who have not requested their records thirty (30) days prior to the termination of the licensee's practice or the licensee leaving the State shall be notified by first class mail by the licensee to permit patients to procure their records. Any patient records that have not been procured within 7 years after the licensee terminates his or her practice or leaves the State may be permanently disposed of in a manner that ensures confidentiality of the records.

4.2 In order to reactivate an inactive license, the licensee must make a written request to the Board, submit 24 continuing education hours, and pay the renewal fee before the expiration date of the inactive status. If the written request to become active is not received before the expiration date, the licensee will have to reapply and meet the requirements of a new applicant regardless of the way they were originally licensed.