Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0260 - Chiropractic Examiners
Chapter 0260-02 - General Rules Governing Chiropractic Examiners
Section 0260-02-.05 - PROCEDURES FOR LICENSURE
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0260-02-.05
Current through April 3, 2024
To become licensed as a chiropractic physician in Tennessee, a person must comply with the following procedures and requirements:
(1) Licensure by Examination
(a) An application packet shall be requested
from the board's administrative office.
(b) An applicant shall respond truthfully and
completely to every question or request for information contained in the
application form and submit it along with all fees required by the form and
these rules to the board's administrative office.
(c) Applications will be accepted throughout
the year, and applicants shall be scheduled to take the examinations required
in Rule 0260-02-.08.
(d) An
applicant shall submit with his/her application a passport type photograph. The
photo must be signed by the applicant.
(e) It is the applicant's responsibility to
request a transcript pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 63-4-l 08(3) which must be
submitted directly from the school to the board's administrative
office.
(f) It is the applicant's
responsibility to request that documentation be submitted, directly from the
applicant's chiropractic school to the board's administrative office, of
graduation from a chiropractic educational institution in compliance with
T.C.A. §§
63-4-108(2). The
chiropractic institution granting the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic must
have been accredited with the commission on accreditation of the council on
chiropractic education or its successor at the time the degree was granted. The
documentation must show that the degree has been conferred.
(g) An applicant shall submit evidence of
good moral character. Such evidence shall be one recent (within the preceding
12 months) original letter from a licensed chiropractic physician attesting to
the applicant's personal character and professional ethics on the signator's
letterhead.
(h) An applicant shall
request that his/her National Board scores be submitted directly to the Board's
administrative office from the testing agency.
(i) An applicant shall disclose the
circumstances surrounding any of the following:
1. Conviction of any criminal law violation
of any country, state or municipality, except minor traffic
violations.
2. The denial of
licensure application by any other state or the discipline of licensure in any
state.
3. Loss or restriction of
licensure.
4. Any civil suit
judgment or civil suit settlement in which the applicant was a party defendant
including, without limitation, actions involving malpractice, breach of
contract, antitrust activity or any other civil action remedy recognized under
the country's or state's statutory, common, or case law.
(j) An applicant shall cause to be submitted
to the Board's administrative office directly from the vendor identified in the
Board's licensure application materials, the result of a criminal background
check.
(k) If an applicant holds or
has ever held a license to practice as a chiropractic physician in any other
state, the applicant shall cause to be submitted the equivalent of a Tennessee
Certificate of Endorsement (verification of license) from each such licensing
board which indicates the applicant holds or held an active license and whether
it is in good standing presently or was at the time it became
inactive.
(l) When necessary, all
required documents shall be translated into English and such translation and
original document certified as to authenticity by the issuing source. Both
version must be submitted.
(m)
Personal resumes are not acceptable and will not be reviewed.
(n) Application review and licensure
decisions shall be governed by rule 0260-02-.07.
(2) Licensure by Criteria (Reciprocity).
(a) An application packet shall be requested
from the board's administrative office.
(b) An applicant shall respond truthfully and
completely to every question or request for information contained in the
application form and submit it along with all fees required by the form and
these rules to the board's administrative office.
(c) Applications will be accepted throughout
the year. Supporting documents requested in these instructions must be received
in the board office within 60 days of receipt of the application by the Board
Administrative Office or the file will be deemed abandoned and
closed.
(d) An applicant shall
submit with his/her application a signed and notarized passport type photograph
taken within the preceding 12 months. (The photo is to be signed by the
applicant and the notary seal must be stamped on the back of the
photograph).
(e) An applicant shall
submit evidence of good moral character. Such evidence shall be one recent
(within the preceding 12 months) original letter from a licensed chiropractic
physician attesting to the applicant's personal character and professional
ethics on the signator's letterhead.
(f) An applicant shall disclose the
circumstances surrounding any of the following:
1. Conviction of any criminal law violation
of any country, state, or municipality, except minor traffic
violations.
2. The denial of
licensure application by any other state or the discipline of licensure in any
state.
3. Loss or restriction of
licensure.
4. Any civil suit
judgment or civil suit settlement in which the applicant was a party defendant
including, without limitation, actions involving malpractice, breach of
contract, antitrust activity, or any other civil action remedy recognized under
the country's or state's statutory, common or case law.
(g) An applicant shall cause to be submitted
to the Board's administrative office directly from the vendor identified in the
Board's licensure application materials, the result of a criminal background
check.
(h) If an applicant holds or
has ever held a license to practice as a chiropractic physician in another
state, the applicant shall cause to be submitted the equivalent of a Tennessee
Certificate of endorsement (verification of license) from the licensing board
which indicates the applicant holds or held an active license and whether it is
in good standing presently or was at the time it became inactive. The applicant
must be licensed in at least one (1) other state for a period of two (2) full
years.
(i) When necessary, all
required documents shall be translated into English and such translation and
original document certified as to authenticity by the issuing source. Both
versions must be submitted.
(j)
Personal resumes are not acceptable and will not be reviewed.
(k) Application review and licensure
decisions shall be governed by rule 0260-02-.07.
(l) Examination of licensure by criteria
(reciprocity) applicants.
1. An individual who
possesses a valid unrestricted license to practice chiropractic in another
state or other regulated jurisdiction for a period of two (2) full years will
not be required to have passed Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the National Board
Examination.
2. An individual who
possesses a valid unrestricted license to practice chiropractic in another
state or other regulated jurisdiction for a period of two (2) full years shall
provide proof of successful completion of the Special Purposes Examination for
Chiropractors (SPEC) as administered by the National Board or its
successor.
(m) All other
reciprocity applicants will be required to have passed the National Board as a
pre-requirement pursuant to rule 0260-02-.08.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-4-103, 63-4-106, 63-4-108, 63-4-109, 63-4-110, 63-4-111, 634-114, and Public Chapter 618 of the Public Acts of 2000.
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