58-73-302 - Qualifications for licensure.
58-73-302. Qualifications for licensure.
(1) Each applicant for licensure as a chiropractic physician, other than those applying fora license based on licensure as a chiropractor or chiropractic physician in another jurisdiction,shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character;
(d) demonstrate satisfactory completion of at least two years of general study in a collegeor university;
(e) demonstrate having earned a degree of doctor of chiropractic from a chiropracticcollege or university that at the time the degree was conferred was accredited by the Council onChiropractic Education, Inc., or an equivalent chiropractic accrediting body recognized by theUnited States Department of Education and by the division rule made in collaboration with theboard;
(f) demonstrate successful completion of:
(i) the National Chiropractic Boards:
(A) Parts I and II;
(B) Written Clinical Competency Examination; and
(C) Physical Therapy;
(ii) the Utah Chiropractic Law and Rules Examination; and
(iii) a practical examination approved by the division in collaboration with the board; and
(g) meet with the board, if requested, for the purpose of reviewing the applicant'squalifications for licensure.
(2) Each applicant for licensure as a chiropractic physician based on licensure as achiropractor or chiropractic physician in another jurisdiction shall:
(a) submit an application in the form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character;
(d) demonstrate having obtained licensure as a chiropractor or chiropractic physician inanother state under education requirements which were equivalent to the education requirementsin this state to obtain a chiropractor or chiropractic physician license at the time the applicantobtained the license in the other state;
(e) demonstrate successful completion of:
(i) the Utah Chiropractic Law and Rules Examination; and
(ii) the Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic (SPEC) of the National Board ofChiropractic Examiners;
(f) have been actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic for not less than two yearsimmediately preceding application for licensure in this state; and
(g) meet with the board, if requested, for the purpose of reviewing the applicant'squalifications for licensure.
Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session