NY Educ L § 6554-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 8 - The Professions Article 132 - Chiropractic 6554-A - Mandatory Continuing Education for Chiropractors.

§  6554-a.  Mandatory  continuing  education for chiropractors. 1. (a) Each  chiropractor  licensed  pursuant  to  this  article,  required  to register  triennially  with  the  department  to practice in this state, shall comply with the provisions of the mandatory  continuing  education requirements,  except  as  set  forth  in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subdivision.  Chiropractors who do not satisfy the mandatory  continuing education  requirements  shall  not  practice  until  they have met such requirements  and  have  been  issued  a  registration  or   conditional registration certificate.  (b)  Chiropractors  shall  be  exempt  from  the  mandatory continuing education requirement for the triennial registration period during which they are first licensed. In accordance with the intent of this  section, adjustments  to  the  mandatory  continuing education requirement may be granted by the  department  for  reasons  of  health,  certified  by  an appropriate  health care professional, for extended active duty with the armed forces of the United States, or for other good cause acceptable to the department which may prevent compliance.  (c) A licensed chiropractor not engaged in chiropractic practice as an individual practitioner, a partner or a partnership, a shareholder of  a professional service corporation, as an employee of such practice units, or   as  an  employee  of  a  facility  operating  pursuant  to  article twenty-eight of the public health law, or as otherwise determined by the department, shall be exempt  from  the  mandatory  continuing  education requirement upon the filing of a statement with the department declaring such  status.  Any  licensee  who  returns  to  the  public  practice of chiropractic during the triennial registration period shall  notify  the department  prior  to  reentering  the  profession  and  shall meet such mandatory continuing education requirements as shall be  promulgated  by regulation of the commissioner in consultation with the board.  (d)  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  enabling or authorizing the department or state board for chiropractic to require or implement  continuing  competency  testing   or   continued   competency certification for chiropractors.   2.   During  each  triennial  registration  period  an  applicant  for registration  shall  complete  thirty-six  hours  of  acceptable  formal continuing  education,  a  maximum  of  twelve  hours  of  which  may be self-instructional  coursework  as  approved  by   the   department   in consultation  with  the board. Any chiropractor whose first registration date following the effective date of this section occurs less than three years from such effective date, but  on  or  after  January  first,  two thousand  four,  shall complete continuing education hours on a prorated basis at the rate of one hour per month for the period beginning January first, two thousand four up to the first registration date thereafter. A licensee who  has  not  satisfied  the  mandatory  continuing  education requirements shall not be issued a triennial registration certificate by the  department  and  shall  not practice unless and until a conditional registration certificate is issued as provided in subdivision  three  of this  section.  The individual licensee shall determine the selection of courses or programs of  study  pursuant  to  subdivision  four  of  this section.  Continuing  education hours taken during one triennium may not be carried over or otherwise credited or  transferred  to  a  subsequent triennium.   3.  The  department,  in  its  discretion,  may  issue  a  conditional registration to a licensee who fails to meet  the  continuing  education requirements  established  in  subdivision  two  of this section but who agrees to make up any deficiencies and  take  any  additional  education which  the  department  may  require.  The  fee  for  such a conditional registration shall be the same as, and in addition to, the fee  for  the  triennial  registration.  The  duration of such conditional registration shall be determined by the department but shall not exceed one year. Any licensee who is notified of the denial of registration  for  failure  to complete  the required continued education and who continues to practice chiropractic without such registration may be  subject  to  disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five hundred ten of this title.   4.  As  used in this section, "acceptable formal continuing education" shall mean formal programs of learning which are sponsored or  presented by  a  New  York  state chiropractic professional organization, national chiropractic   professional   organization   or    higher    educational institution,  and which meet the following requirements: contain subject matter which contributes to the enhancement of professional and clinical skills of the chiropractor and  is  approved  as  acceptable  continuing education  by  a  chiropractic  college  recognized by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council of Chiropractic Education  to  fulfill  the mandatory   continuing  education  requirements,  and  which  meets  the standards prescribed by regulations of the commissioner in  consultation with   the   board   to   fulfill  the  mandatory  continuing  education requirement.   5. Chiropractors shall certify at each triennial  registration  as  to having satisfied the mandatory continuing education requirements of this section,   shall   maintain  adequate  documentation  of  completion  of acceptable formal continuing education to support such certification and shall provide such documentation to the department upon request. Failure to provide such documentation upon request of the department shall be an act of  misconduct  subject  to  disciplinary  proceedings  pursuant  to section sixty-five hundred ten of this title.   6. The mandatory continuing education fee shall be forty-five dollars, shall  be  payable  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  each  triennial registration  period,  and  shall  be  in  addition  to  the   triennial registration  fee  required  by section sixty-five hundred fifty-four of this article.