(a) Each applicant
for chiropractic licensure shall present evidence of having attended and
graduated from a chiropractic college accredited by, or recognized as a
candidate for accreditation by the Council of Chiropractic Education (CCE), or
any chiropractic college accrediting agency recognized by the United States
Department of Education (USDOE). Any student who has matriculated in a degree
granting chiropractic college prior to October 15, 1984, shall be exempted from
this provision.
(b) Each applicant
shall furnish proof of having acquired a minimum of sixty semester hours, or
equivalent, of college credit leading toward a baccalaureate degree at an
institution or institutions accredited at the college level by an accrediting
body that has been listed as nationally recognized by the USDOE.
(c) Doctor of chiropractic degree programs
(including clinical experience) shall provide a curriculum designed and
implemented in a manner in which students are able to integrate relevant
information presented in the basic, clinical, and chiropractic sciences with
the clinical, laboratory, and patient care experiences in clinical decision
making. The total curriculum shall include a minimum of four thousand two
hundred fifty-minute hours of the following:
(1) The courses offered in the curriculum
include, but are not limited to, at least the following subjects: anatomy;
biochemistry; physiology; microbiology; pathology; public health; physical,
clinical and laboratory diagnosis; gynecology; obstetrics; pediatrics;
geriatrics; dermatology; otolaryngology; diagnostic imaging procedures;
psychology; nutrition; biomechanics; orthopedics; first aid and emergency
procedures; spinal analysis; philosophy, principles and practice of
chiropractic; adjustive techniques; research methods and procedures; and
professional practice ethics;
(2)
Courses offered in the curriculum shall be taught in sufficient depth to
fulfill the standards of the doctor of chiropractic program as set forth by the
CCE or any chiropractic accrediting agency recognized by the USDOE;
(3) The chiropractic program shall require
its doctor of chiropractic degree candidates, as conditions of graduation, to
have met the following quantitative clinic requirements:
(A) Performed, in the clinical setting, at
least twenty-five examinations with case history for the purpose of developing
a diagnostic or clinical impression of the status of the patient relative to
chiropractic care;
(B) Performed
and interpreted, ordered and interpreted, or interpreted, in the clinical
setting, at least twenty-five area radiographic (diagnostic imaging)
examinations with written reports of findings;
(C) Interpreted, while in the degree program,
clinical laboratory tests to include at least twenty-five urinalysis, twenty
hematology procedures such as complete blood counts, and ten clinical
chemistry, microbiology or immunology procedures or profiles on human blood and
other body fluids;
(D) Demonstrated
an ability to palpate specific anatomical landmarks associated with spinal
segments and other articulations; selected and effectively utilized palpatory
and other appropriate methods to identify subluxations of the spine and other
articulations; performed a minimum of two hundred fifty adjustments (or
manipulations), at least two hundred of which must be spinal, occurring during
at least two hundred fifty separate patient care visits;
(E) Integrated the elements of the basic,
chiropractic, clinical sciences and clinical instruction into clinical
decisions;
(F) Ordered, performed,
and integrated the data utilizing appropriate services from those listed above
for case management and follow-up for a minimum of ten different outpatients;
and
(G) Demonstrated proficiency
upon completion of the course of study in the clinical competencies consistent
with the CCE Standards or any chiropractic accrediting agency recognized by the
USDOE.
The board shall establish an addendum to the rules which
shall list specific courses as examples of the courses addressed in (1) for the
purpose of clarification and which may from time to time be amended to reflect
current trends and changes in chiropractic curriculum. The board shall refer to
these changes in the minutes of its meetings.
(4) Programs accredited by the CCE or any
accrediting agency recognized by the USDOE may be deemed approved by the
board.
(5) This approval may be
subject to review if there are changes in the program's or the accrediting
body's philosophy, curriculum, or objectives, or at any time the board
determines it necessary for good cause.
