California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 4 - State Board of Chiropractic Examiners › Article 4 - Approved Schools and Qualifications of Applicants › Section 331.12.1 - Curriculum

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All applicants for the Board Examination who matriculated
				  into a chiropractic college prior to the passage of Proposition 15 (November 3,
				  1976) shall fulfill the requirements of this section.
(a) Course of Study. The school shall have
				established curriculum which indicates objectives, content and methods of
				instruction for each subject offered.
(b) Required Hours and Subjects. The school
				shall offer, and shall require for graduation, a course of not less than 4,000
				academic hours extended over a period of four school terms of not less than
				nine months each. Such course shall include the minimum educational
				requirements set forth in Section
				5 of the Act. The minimum number
				of hours required in the basic subjects shall be as follows:
Anatomy including embryology (minimum of 480 hours),
							 histology (minimum of 160 hours), and dissection (minimum of 160 hours)
800 hours
Physiology
320 hours
Biochemistry, inorganic and organic chemistry
320 hours
Pathology (minimum of 280 hours), bacteriology
							 (minimum of 160 hours), and toxicology (minimum of 40 hours)
480 hours
Public health, hygiene and sanitation, and first
							 aid
120 hours
Diagnosis (minimum of 480 hours), pediatrics (minimum
							 of 40 hours), psychiatry (minimum of 40 hours), dermatology, syphilology and
							 serology (minimum of 40 hours), and X-ray (minimum of 120 hours)
720 hours
Obstetrics and gynecology
120 hours
Principles and practice of chiropractic (minimum of
							 960 hours), physiotherapy (minimum of 120 hours), and dietetics (minimum of 40
							 hours)
1,120 hours
(c)
				Subject Presentation. Laboratory teaching with actual student participation
				must be included in anatomy, dissection, histology, chemistry, physiology,
				bacteriology, pathology.
The classes shall be presented in a proper sequence so that
				  the normal shall be presented first before the abnormal is to be considered
				  (i.e., the student must learn anatomy, chemistry and physiology before he is
				  taught pathology and diagnosis). The subject presentation should be of a nature
				  and depth comparable to that found at State colleges in equivalent
				  courses.
ANATOMY: Includes gross anatomy, dissection, embryology, and
				  histology with particular emphasis on neurology.
PHYSIOLOGY: To include the physiology of blood and lymph,
				  circulation, respiration, excretion, digestion, metabolism, endocrines, special
				  senses and nervous system.
CHEMISTRY: To include inorganic and organic chemistry,
				  physical chemistry, the chemistry of foods, digestion and metabolism.
PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY: Pathology to include general and
				  special pathology. Bacteriology to include parasitology and serology.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE AND SANITATION: To include sanitary
				  and hygienic procedures, First Aid, prevention of disease and Public Health
				  Department regulations.
DIAGNOSIS: To include physical, clinical, laboratory and
				  differential diagnosis; pediatrics, geriatrics, dermatology, syphilology,
				  psychology, psychiatry and roentgenology (technique and interpretation).
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: To include the standard routine
				  diagnostic procedures, and clinical and laboratory examinations.
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC, DIETETICS,
				  PHYSIOTHERAPY, AND OFFICE PROCEDURE: To include history and principles of
				  chiropractic, spinal analysis, adjustive techniques and orthopedics.
NUTRITION: To include dietetics and clinical nutrition,
				  including primary and secondary nutritional deficiencies.
PHYSIOTHERAPY: To include the theory, principles and use of
				  the standard recognized physiotherapy equipment and procedures.
OFFICE PROCEDURE: To include private office and case
				  management, the writing and completion of reports and forms for insurance
				  claims, and the provisions, rules and regulations of the Chiropractic
				  Act.
(d) Additional Hours
				and Subjects. The school, if it desires, may offer and may require for
				graduation, course of more than 4,000 hours. Such additional hours may be in
				elective subjects.
(e) Clinics.
				Each student shall be provided with actual clinical experience in the
				examining, diagnosing, and treatment of patients. Said clinical experience
				shall include spinal analysis, palpation, chiropractic philosophy,
				symptomatology, laboratory diagnosis, physical diagnosis, X-ray interpretation,
				postural analysis, diagnostic impressions, and adjusting of various
				articulations of the body, psychological counseling, dietetics and physical
				therapy. Individual case files on each patient together with a record of dates
				and treatments given and student treating shall be kept and available to the
				board for inspection.
1. Amendment
				  filed 2-27-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
				  9).