West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 4 - Chiropractic Examiners › Title 4 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS › Series 4-01 - Regulation of Chiropractic Practice › Section 4-1-3 - Qualifications for Receiving and Maintaining a License to Practice Chiropractic

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
1-3.1.
				In order to make application to practice chiropractic in this State, an
				individual shall:
1-3.1.a. Complete the
				application required by the Board and pay the appropriate fee.
1-3.1.b. Satisfy all of the licensure
				requirements set forth in W. Va. Code §
										30-16-6
				et seq.
1-3.1.c. Achieve a passing
				score on all parts of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners national
				examination as outlined in W. Va. Code §
										30-16-6
				and -7.
1-3.1.d. After July 1,2005,
				obtain a bachelor's degree consisting of no less than one hundred twenty-eight
				semester hours from an accredited academic college or university with a minimum
				of sixty hours in basic sciences as mandated by the Council on Chiropractic
				Education. Upon written request, the Board shall provide the current basic
				science requirements mandated by the Council on Chiropractic Education.
1-3.1.d.1. Except as provided in subdivision
				3.1.d.3, the licensee shall obtain a bachelor degree prior to matriculation to
				a chiropractic college.
1-3.1.d.2.
				The Board shall determine what schools are eligible to offer concurrent degree
				programs and establish the specific requirements of the approved concurrent
				degree programs. The Board shall make the concurrent degree requirements and
				approved schools available upon written request.
1-3.1.d.3. The Board may approve certain
				concurrent degree programs offered by appropriate accredited public and private
				colleges or universities working in conjunction with approved chiropractic
				colleges provided that:
1. The chiropractic
				school offering the degree of doctor of chiropractic meets the requirement set
				forth in W. Va. Code §
												30-16-6(b)(5);
2. The applicant for licensure has
				successfully completed all requirements of the approved concurrent degree
				program established by the Board, pursuant to section 3.1 .d.2., and certifies
				the completion of such requirements to the Board, in the form prescribed by the
				Board, in addition to all other information required for licensure.
1-3.1.e. Satisfy all
				continuing education requirements.
1-3.1.e.1.
				All current licensees who intend to renew their license shall present evidence
				to the Board that the licensee has attended 18 hours of continuing education
				each year. Six of these hours may be attended through online courses, but the
				remaining twelve hours must be attended in person. The hours shall be sponsored
				through an approved chiropractic college. The Board may require that six (6) of
				the eighteen (18) hours pertain to certain subjects, such as communicable
				diseases, first aid, sexual boundaries, record keeping and other subjects that
				the Board considers appropriate. Any six-hour specific-continuing-education
				requirement shall not apply to doctors of chiropractic who certify in writing
				that they did not practice chiropractic in the State of West Virginia within
				the applicable reporting period. Provided such doctors of chiropractic who so
				certify shall be required to attend 18 hours of non-specific continuing
				education to be completed prior to June 30*. When the Board requires six hours
				of specific continuing education all licensees will be notified in the current
				annual renewal notice of the subject matter of the required continuing
				education. The licensee will be given until the next annual renewal period to
				complete the required hours. The programs shall be approved by the Board prior
				to their presentation. The programs shall be conducted by a faculty member of a
				Board approved CCE or its successor school or college, unless otherwise
				approved by the Board. The Board, at its discretion, may also approve programs
				conducted by recognized authorities from fields other than
				chiropractic.
1-3.1.e.2. The method
				of recording attendance at the seminars is the responsibility of the sponsoring
				group. The sponsoring group shall provide the Board with a list of those in
				attendance at the seminars.
1-3.1.e.3. Newly graduated doctors of
				chiropractic who receive their initial license in the year of their graduation
				are exempt from the requirements of subdivision 3.1 .e. 1 of this rule.
				However, they shall be required to meet all other aspects of license renewal as
				defined in W. Va. Code §
											30-16-15.
1-3.1.f. Remit to the Board, an annual
				license renewal fee. The annual renewal license fee and required continuing
				education hours are due on or before July 1. A licensee whose license renewal
				fee and required continuing education hours are postmarked after July 1 incurs
				a late fee.
1-3.1.g. Complete and
				submit a license renewal application as provided by the Board.
1-3.1.h. After a lapse of two (2) years, a
				license may be issued or reinstated only after the former certificate holder
				subsequent to the lapse has fulfilled all other requirements of licensure as
				set forth in W. Va. Code §
										30-16-15(e)
				and/or has passed the National Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic
				(SPEC) examination.