- (a) Approved colleges of chiropractic. All applicants for examination for licensure to practice chiropractic in the State of Arkansas who have matriculated at a chiropractic college after September 1, 1971, must present evidence of having been graduated from a chiropractic college having status with the accrediting commission of the Council on Chiropractic Education, or similar criteria as determined by, and at the discretion of, the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
- (b) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners adopts clinical competency guidelines similar to CCE quantitative assessment delineations.
- (c) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may disapprove any college whose academic requirements appear to be deficient in the basic science or diagnostic fields.
- (d) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners will not accept for examination any person who is not adequately trained in basic diagnostic methods and related fields, including the field of roentgenology.
(e)
- (1) An applicant must possess a valid National Board of Chiropractic Examiners certificate to include Parts I and II and the Physiological Therapeutics elective section and, on and after January 1, 1990, possess a valid National Board of Chiropractic Examiners certificate to include Parts I, II, and III and the Physiological Therapeutics elective section and include one hundred twenty (120) classroom hours of physiological therapeutics.
- (2) On or after July 1, 2016, an applicant must possess a valid National Board of Chiropractic Examiners certificate to include Parts I, II, III, and IV and Physiological Therapeutics elective section and include one hundred twenty (120) hours of physiological therapeutics.
- (3) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners accepts the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ recommended passing score of 375.
- (f) An approved applicant will be permitted to sit for the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ examination provided the applicant's date of graduation from chiropractic college precedes the date of the next regularly scheduled examination by no more than six (6) months.
- (g) Nothing in this provision shall be construed to supersede the current Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, Arkansas Code § 17-81-101 et seq., which invests the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners with the responsibility for approval of any college that is authorized by law to issue the doctorate degree in chiropractic.