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 331.12.2 - Curriculum

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All applicants for licensure shall be required to comply with
				  this section in order to qualify for a California chiropractic license.
(a) Course of Study: Every school shall have
				a curriculum which indicates objectives, content and methods of instruction for
				each subject offered.
(b) Required
				Hours and Subjects: Each applicant shall offer proof of completion of a course
				of instruction in a Board-approved chiropractic college of not less than 4,400
				hours which includes minimum educational requirements set forth in Section
				5 of the Act. The course of
				instruction completed by the applicant shall consist of no less than the
				following minimum hours, except as otherwise provided:
Group I
Anatomy, including embryology, histology and human
							 dissection.
616 hours
Group II
Physiology (must include laboratory
							 work).
264 hours
Group III
Biochemistry, clinical nutrition, and
							 dietetics.
264 hours
Group IV
Pathology, bacteriology, and
							 toxicology.
440 hours
Group V
Public health, hygiene and sanitation, and emergency
							 care.
132 hours
Group VI
Diagnosis, including E.E.N.T. and serology,
							 dermatology and sexually transmitted diseases, geriatrics, X-ray
							 interpretation, and neurology.
792 hours
Group VII
Obstetrics, gynecology, and
							 pediatrics.
132 hours
Group VIII
Principles and practice of chiropractic to include
							 chiropractic technique, chiropractic philosophy, orthopedics, X-ray technique,
							 and radiation protection.
430 hours
Clinic, including office procedure.
518 hours
Physiotherapy.
120 hours
Psychiatry.
32 hours
Electives.
660 hours
Total.
4,400 hours
(c)
				Subject Presentation: Laboratory teaching with actual student participation
				shall be included in human dissection, histology, chemistry, physiology,
				bacteriology, pathology, X-ray and physiotherapy. Each school shall have and
				use at least one phantom or equivalent equipment for X-ray class and other
				courses as may be necessary for adequate teaching.
Classes shall be presented in proper academic sequence. Each
				  student shall be taught micro and gross anatomy, human dissection, and
				  physiology before pathology; biochemistry before or concurrent with physiology;
				  and diagnosis before or concurrent with the study of pathology. Clinic hours
				  shall be taken only after a student completes all hours in or concurrently with
				  diagnosis.
(1) ANATOMY: To include
				gross anatomy, human dissection, embryology and histology.
(2) PHYSIOLOGY: To include the physiology of
				blood and lymph, circulation, respiration, excretion, digestion, metabolism,
				endocrines, special senses and nervous system.
(3) BIOCHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION: Biochemistry
				to include the chemistry of foods, digestion, and metabolism. Nutrition to
				include dietetics and clinical nutrition in the prevention and treatment of
				illnesses.
(4) PATHOLOGY AND
				BACTERIOLOGY: Pathology to include general and special pathology. Bacteriology
				to include parasitology and serology.
(5) PUBLIC HEALTH, HYGIENE, SANITATION AND
				EMERGENCY CARE: To include sanitary and hygienic procedures, First Aid, minor
				surgery, prevention of disease, and Public Health Department
				regulations.
(6) DIAGNOSIS: To
				include physical, clinical, laboratory and differential diagnosis; E.E.N.T.,
				geriatrics, serology, dermatology, syphilology, roentgenology (technique and
				interpretation) and the rules and regulations of the Radiologic Technology
				Certification Committee of the State Department of Health Services.
(7) OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY AND PEDIATRICS: To
				include the standard routine diagnostic procedures and clinical and laboratory
				examinations.
(8) PRINCIPLES AND
				PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTIC, DIETETICS, PHYSIOTHERAPY, AND OFFICE PROCEDURE: To
				include history and principles of chiropractic, spinal analysis, adjustive
				technique of all articulations of the body, orthopedics and patient counseling
				in curriculum subject matters.
(9)
				PHYSIOTHERAPY: To be eligible for licensure, each applicant must furnish proof
				satisfactory to the Board of successful completion of the required 120 hours of
				physiotherapy course work and additional clinical training in which the theory,
				principles and use of the standard recognized physiotherapy equipment and
				procedures were demonstrated to and used by the applicant. This shall include a
				minimum of thirty (30) patient office visits in which physiotherapy procedures
				are performed by the student on their own clinic patients. If physiotherapy
				course work is not offered by the chiropractic college where the student
				matriculated, the required instruction and clinical training in physiotherapy
				may be completed at another Board-approved chiropractic college, provided such
				course is a regular credit course offered primarily to matriculated students.
Physiotherapy course work not completed prior to graduation
				  from chiropractic college may be fulfilled by course work taken subsequent to
				  graduation at a Board-approved chiropractic college in conjunction with
				  clinical training in physiotherapy offered by that college. Such course work
				  and clinical training must be regular credit course work and clinical training
				  offered primarily to matriculated students.
(10) 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, and the Radiologic Technology Certification Committee of the State
				Department of Health Services.