Section 6554. Requirements for a professional license  


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  • To qualify for a
      license as a chiropractor, an  applicant  shall  fulfill  the  following
      requirements:
        (1) Application: file an application with the department;
        (2)  Education:  have  received  an  education, including two years of
      preprofessional college study and completion  of  a  four-year  resident
      program   in   chiropractic,   in  accordance  with  the  commissioner's
      regulations;
        (3) Experience: have experience  satisfactory  to  the  board  and  in
      accordance with the commissioner's regulations:
        (4)  Examination:  pass  examinations satisfactory to the board and in
      accordance with the commissioner's regulations, in clinical chiropractic
      analysis,  the  practice  of  chiropractic,  X-ray  as  it  relates   to
      chiropractic  analysis,  and examinations satisfactory to the department
      in anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry,  microbiology,  diagnosis,
      and the use and effect of X-ray;
        (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
        (6)  Citizenship  or immigration status: be a United States citizen or
      an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
        (7) Character: be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
      department; and
        (8)  Fees:  pay  a  fee  of  one  hundred  seventy-five dollars to the
      department for admission to a department conducted examination  and  for
      an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination,
      a  fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
      not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee
      of one  hundred  fifty-five  dollars  for  each  triennial  registration
      period.