CSSB 243(FIN): "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners; and relating to chiropractors."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 243(FIN) 01 "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners; and 02 relating to chiropractors." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 08.03.010(c)(5) is amended to read: 05 (5) Board of Chiropractic Examiners (AS 08.20.010) - June 30, 2006 06 [2002]; 07 * Sec. 2. AS 08.20 is amended by adding a new section to read: 08 Sec. 08.20.141. Licensure by credentials. The board may issue a license by 09 credentials to an applicant who pays the appropriate fee and presents satisfactory proof 10 that the applicant 11 (1) is a graduate of a school or college of chiropractic that 12 (A) is accredited by or a candidate for accreditation by the 13 Council on Chiropractic Education or a successor accrediting agency 14 recognized by the board; or
01 (B) if an accrediting agency under (A) of this paragraph does 02 not exist, requires the completion of a minimum of 4,000 hours of formal 03 education and training in order to graduate, including 04 (i) 150 hours of chiropractic philosophy or principles; 05 (ii) 1,200 hours of basic sciences, including anatomy, 06 chemistry, physiology, and pathology; 07 (iii) 1,400 hours of preclinical technique, including 08 diagnosis, chiropractic technique, and x-rays; and 09 (iv) 700 hours of clinical training; 10 (2) has held a license in good standing to practice chiropractic in 11 another jurisdiction for the five years preceding the date of application; for purposes of 12 this paragraph, "good standing" means that 13 (A) no action has been reported about the applicant in the 14 national licensee database of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards; 15 (B) the applicant has not, within the five years preceding the 16 date of application, been the subject of an unresolved review or an adverse 17 decision based on a complaint, investigation, review procedure, or disciplinary 18 proceeding undertaken by a foreign, state, territorial, local, or federal 19 chiropractic licensing jurisdiction, chiropractic society, or law enforcement 20 agency that relates to criminal or fraudulent activity, chiropractic malpractice, 21 or negligent chiropractic care and that adversely reflects on the applicant's 22 ability or competence to engage in the practice of chiropractic or on the safety 23 or well-being of patients; and 24 (C) the applicant has not been convicted of a felony within the 25 five years preceding the date of application; 26 (3) has been in active licensed clinical chiropractic practice for at least 27 three of the five years immediately preceding the date of application; 28 (4) has passed, to the satisfaction of the board, the parts of the 29 examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners required by the board; 30 (5) has passed an examination approved by the board that is designed 31 to test the applicant's knowledge of the laws of the state governing the practice of
01 chiropractic and the regulations adopted under those laws; and 02 (6) has completed 120 hours of formal training in physiological 03 therapeutics or has passed, to the satisfaction of the board, a physiological therapeutics 04 examination of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners required by the board. 05 * Sec. 3. AS 08.20.180(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) An applicant for an examination, reexamination, issuance of a temporary 07 permit under AS 08.20.160, issuance of a locum tenens permit under AS 08.20.163, 08 issuance of a license by credentials under AS 08.20.141, one-time issuance of a 09 retired status license, or initial issuance or renewal of an active or inactive license shall 10 pay a fee established under AS 08.01.065.