(a) Temporary licensee requirements and privileges.

1. (1)

   1. (A) Credentials shall include:

(i) A completed approved application, including all necessary validated documents;

1. (ii) A final chiropractic college diploma from a chiropractic school or college holding status with the Council on Chiropractic Education or similar standards as provided in 17 CAR § 110-202(a); and

   1. (iii) Such other information as the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners deems necessary.
   2. (B) Applicant must complete a jurisprudence examination before approval for a temporary license will be granted.

2. (2)

   1. (A) The temporary license to practice shall expire at the next scheduled examination.

   2. (B) The license is:

      1. (i) Not to exceed six (6) months; and
      2. (ii) Renewable by majority vote of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

3. (3)

   1. (A) After a temporary license holder has received approval from the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, he or she may perform any acts or practices that a licensed Arkansas chiropractor may do, as long as it is under the supervision of the supervising chiropractor, who must remain on the premises when these acts or practices are being performed.
   2. (B) Acts 1971, No. 706, Arkansas Code §§ 17-81-101 – 17-81-314.
4. (4) Upon satisfactory evidence being submitted to the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners as to an applicant's ability and integrity and when no regular examination will be held within thirty (30) days from the date of an application for a temporary license, the board may, if approved by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the membership of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, issue to the applicant a permit to practice until the next regular meeting of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
5. (5) If any temporary license holder is found practicing outside the scope of this certification, the sponsoring doctor and the temporary license holder will be subject to application of Arkansas Code §§ 17-81-313 and 17-81-314.

(b) Supervising doctor’s requirements.

1. (1) The supervising doctor must have an active chiropractic license of three (3) years or longer.
2. (2) The supervising doctor must not have had any disciplinary action levied against him or her by any board in the past five (5) years.

3. (3) This supervising doctor may have no more than two (2) temporary license holders under his or her direct supervision at one (1) time.

   1. (c) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may, at its discretion, issue a temporary license to a doctor of chiropractic who holds a current license in another state, to practice in Arkansas until his or her next scheduled examination and exempt him or her from any supervisory requirement, pursuant to this subsection.