Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0260 - Chiropractic Examiners
Chapter 0260-05 - General Rules Governing Chiropractic Therapy Assistants
Section 0260-05-.05 - PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATION
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0260-05-.05
Current through April 3, 2024
To become certified as a chiropractic therapy assistant in Tennessee, a person must comply with the following procedures and requirements.
(1) Certification
(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 documentation and 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 or the file
will be closed.
(d) An applicant
shall submit with his/her application a signed passport type photograph taken
within the preceding 12 months. (The photo is to be signed by the applicant on
the back of the photograph.)
(e) It
is the applicant's responsibility to provide evidence that he/she has completed
the requirements of rule 0260-05-.04(1).
(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
violation.
2. The denial of
certification application by any state or the discipline of a health care
certificate in any state.
3. Loss
or restriction of certification.
4.
Any civil 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 certification application materials, the result of a
criminal background check.
(2) Certification by reciprocity/endorsement
(a) If an applicant holds or has ever held a
chiropractic therapy assistant's certificate in another state or its
equivalent, the applicant shall cause to be submitted the equivalent of a
Tennessee Certificate of Endorsement (verification of certification) from each
such licensing board which indicates the applicant holds or held an active
certificate and whether it is in good standing presently or was at the time it
became inactive.
(b) If a
certificate from another state or board is not in good standing or is inactive,
the applicant cannot be certified under the reciprocity/endorsement
rule.
(c) 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.
(d)
Personal resumes are not acceptable and will not be reviewed.
(e) Application review and certification
decisions shall be governed by rule 0260-05-.07.
(f) Applicants for reciprocity/endorsement
carry the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that his/her
course work, supervision, and experience are equivalent to the board's
requirements.
(g) An application
packet shall be requested from the board's administrative office.
(h) 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 documentation and fees required
by the form and these rules to the board's administrative office.
(i) 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 or the file
will be closed.
(j) An applicant
shall submit with his/her application a signed passport type photograph taken
within the preceding 12 months. (The photo is to be signed by the applicant on
the back of the photograph.)
(k) It
is the applicant's responsibility to provide evidence that he/she has completed
a minimum combined total of fifty (50) hours of education approved by the
board.
(l) 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
violation.
2. The denial of
certification application by any state or the discipline of a health care
certificate in any state.
3. Loss
or restriction of certification.
4.
Any civil 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.
(m) An applicant shall cause to be
submitted to the Board's administrative office directly from the vendor
identified in the Board's certification application materials, the result of a
criminal background check.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-4-106, 63-4-114, and 63-4-123.
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