Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2070 - State Board of Chiropractic Examiners › Chapter 2 - General Rules › Section 20 CSR 2070-2.110 - Nonresident Military Spouse Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule states the requirements and
				  procedures for a nonresident spouse of an active duty member of the military
				  who is transferred to this state in the course of the member's military duty to
				  obtain a temporary courtesy license to practice chiropractic for one hundred
				  eighty (180) days, subject to possible extension as provided by
				  law.
(1) The board shall
				grant a temporary courtesy license to practice chiropractic without examination
				to a "nonresident military spouse" as defined in section 324.008.1, RSMo, who
				provides the board the following:
(A) A
				completed application form;
(B) A
				non-refundable application fee, as established by
				20 CSR
				2070-2.090, made payable to the board;
(C) Verification sent directly to the board
				office from a state, district, or territory verifying that the applicant holds
				a current and active license in that state, district, or territory;
(D) Proof that the applicant has been engaged
				in the practice of chiropractic in a state, district, or territory of the
				United States in which the applicant is currently licensed for at least two (2)
				years of the five (5) years immediately preceding the application for temporary
				licensure;
(E) Verification sent
				directly to the board office from each state, district, or territory of the
				United States in which the applicant has ever been licensed verifying:
1. The status of the applicant's license and,
				when licensed in that jurisdiction, if there were any complaints and/or
				disciplinary action on the license;
2. The applicant has not committed an act in
				any jurisdiction where the applicant holds or held a license that would have
				constituted grounds for the refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license or
				certificate to practice at the time the act was committed; and
3. The applicant has not been disciplined
				under the laws of a licensing or credentialing entity in another jurisdiction
				and is not the subject of an unresolved complaint, review procedure, or
				disciplinary proceeding under the laws of a licensing or credentialing entity
				in any other jurisdiction.
(F) Submission of fingerprints to the
				Missouri State Highway Patrol's approved vendor for both a Missouri State
				Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint criminal
				history background check. Any fees due for fingerprint background checks shall
				be paid by the applicant directly to the fingerprint vendor or as otherwise set
				out in the board's rules;
(G) If
				the board is unable initially to determine if the licensing requirements of the
				state, district, or territory in which the applicant is currently licensed are
				equivalent to Missouri's licensing requirements, the applicant shall, upon
				request, submit documentation as necessary to assist the board in determining
				whether such other jurisdiction's licensing requirements are equivalent to the
				licensing requirements of this state;
(H) Proof of satisfactory completion of the
				jurisprudence examination regarding the laws and rules of the State of Missouri
				related to the applicant's profession;
(I) Such additional information as the board
				may request to determine eligibility for a temporary courtesy license pursuant
				to the provisions of 20 CSR
				2070-2.040(3).