Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4734 - State Chiropractic Board › Chapter 4734-6 - Licensing › Section 4734-6-02 - Licensure by endorsement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each applicant for licensure to practice
			 chiropractic in the state of Ohio by endorsement of a chiropractic license held
			 in any other jurisdiction shall submit  satisfactory evidence of his or her qualifications as
			 prescribed by sections
			 4734.20 and
			 4734.23 of the Revised Code.
			 Each applicant shall submit proof that he or she has held a valid unrestricted
			 license in good standing as a chiropractic physician for five consecutive years
			 immediately prior to the date of application.
(B) A complete application, including a
			 non-refundable application fee in the amount of five hundred dollars made
			 payable to the treasurer, state of Ohio, and all required credentials, facts
			 and materials as the board requires must be filed with the board.
			  Applications and fees are valid one year from the initial
			 application date.
(C)
			 Each applicant shall submit to the board a detailed educational history of his
			 or her chiropractic education to include locations, institutions and dates
			 attended. Transcripts shall be sent directly from the institution or
			 program.
(D) Each applicant who graduated from a doctor of
			 chiropractic degree program on or after June 30, 2010 shall submit a transcript
			 reflecting that he or she possesses a bachelor, masters, or doctorate degree
			 from an institution accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by
			 the United States department of education. Foreign educated applicants shall
			 submit proof of the equivalent education. Transcripts shall be sent directly
			 from each educational institution.
(E) Each applicant who
			 has taken any examinations offered by the national board of chiropractic
			 examiners shall be responsible for submission of a transcript. The transcript
			 shall be sent directly to the board office by the national board of
			 chiropractic examiners.
(F) Each applicant
			 shall be responsible for the submission of verification of licensure and good
			 standing from all states in which a chiropractic license was ever issued. The
			 verification shall be issued by the licensing authority and shall be valid for
			 one hundred eighty days after receipt.
(G) Each applicant
			 shall submit to a fingerprint criminal background check from the records
			 maintained by the federal bureau of investigation and the bureau of criminal
			 identification and investigation in accordance with sections
			 4734.20 and
			 4734.202 of the Revised Code.
			 Applicants shall be responsible for submitting properly executed fingerprints
			 and the appropriate fees to the bureau of criminal investigation and
			 identification. The criminal background check shall be completed no earlier
			 than one hundred eighty days preceding application for licensure and
			  shall
			 be valid
			 for one hundred eighty days after receipt.
(H) Each applicant
			 shall submit with his or her application a passport type photograph taken
			 within the preceding one hundred eighty days.
(I) Each applicant has an ongoing obligation to update
			 and supplement all information provided to the board in writing within ten days
			 of any change.
(J) Each applicant will be notified by the board as to
			 his or her eligibility for the jurisprudence examination not later than ten
			 days after board review.
(K) In the event an
			 applicant fails to achieve a minimum score of seventy-five percent on the
			 jurisprudence examination, the applicant shall be eligible to retake the
			 examination without additional charge providing the credentials supplied have not expired as outlined in
			 this rule.
(L) The board may
			 refuse or deny an applicant for licensure if the applicant does not meet the
			 licensure requirements as outlined in sections
			 4734.20 and
			 4734.23 of the Revised Code or
			 has committed any act which indicates the applicant does not possess the
			 character and fitness to practice chiropractic, including any act that would be
			 grounds for disciplinary action as outlined in section
			 4734.31 of the Revised Code. The
			 burden of proof is on the applicant to prove by clear and convincing evidence
			 to the board that he or she meets the conditions for licensure.
(M)
			 Any applicant that the board proposes to refuse or deny licensure shall be
			 entitled to a hearing on the question of such proposed refusal or denial.