PURPOSE: This rule states the requirements and procedures for obtaining a license by reciprocity.

1. (1) A person licensed to practice chiropractic in any other state may be licensed to practice in this state by complying with the provisions of Chapter 331, RSMo and the board’s regulations.
2. (2) Application for licensure by reciprocity shall be made on a form provided by the board and completed in accordance with the requirements of 20 CSR 2070-2.040.
3. (3) Application forms may be obtained by writing the board at 3605 Missouri Boulevard, or PO Box 672, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0672, calling the board at (573) 751-2104 or sending an email to chiropractic@pr.mo.gov.

4. (4) The following documentation must be received by the board before a license will be issued:

   1. (A) An original, unretouched, black and white or color photograph of the applicant taken within the last six (6) months, showing the head and shoulders, front view, not to exceed two inches by two inches (2" × 2");
   2. (B) A composite score of seventy-five percent (75%) on the jurisprudence examination regarding Missouri statutes and regulations;
   3. (C) Official chiropractic college transcript(s);
   4. (D) Official National Board of Chiropractic Examiners transcript(s), if any;
   5. (E) Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has practiced continuously for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the filing of the application;
   6. (F) Copy of the law and rules of the state from which applicant is reciprocating at the time the applicant was licensed;
   7. (G) Certification of licensure/endorsement, including examinations taken and grades obtained in each examination, from all states in which applicant is or has been licensed; and
   8. (H) Completed application and reciprocity license fee.
5. (5) When a chiropractic physician obtains a Missouri license by reciprocity, the licensee shall submit proof of having obtained the required postgraduate education hours prior to the first renewal period.
6. (6) When applicant is seeking Missouri licensure by reciprocity and that state’s requirements for securing a chiropractic license are not equivalent to the requirements of this state for licensure, the board may, in its discretion, require the applicant to successfully complete the Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic (SPEC) administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

AUTHORITY: sections 331.030, RSMo Supp. 2006 and 331.100.2, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 70-2.070. This version of rule filed Dec. 17, 1975, effective Dec. 27, 1975. Rescinded and readopted: Filed July 9, 1982, effective Nov. 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 1983, effective Jan. 13, 1984. Amended: Filed March 8, 1984, effective July 12, 1984. Amended: Filed Aug. 14, 1986, effective Nov. 13, 1986. Rescinded and readopted: Filed April 18, 1989, effec- 20 CSR 2070-2 tive July 13, 1989. Amended: Filed April 18, 1990, effective June 30, 1990. Amended: Filed Aug. 13, 1990, effective Dec. 31, 1990. Amended: Filed Dec. 3, 1991, effective April 9, 1992. Amended: Filed March 30, 1998, effective Sept. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Aug. 12, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Amended: Filed July 31, 2003, effective Jan. 30, 2004. Amended: Filed April 1, 2005, effective Oct. 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2070-2.070, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 27, 2007, effective Jan. 30, 2008.

*Original authority: 331.030, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1947, 1949, 1969, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2004; and 331.100.2, RSMo 1939, amended 1949, 1969, 1980, 1981.