SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2170
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 222294
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11 Senator Jones moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 43. Paragraph (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of
18 section 460.406, Florida Statutes, are amended and subsection
19 (5) is added to that section to read:
20 460.406 Licensure by examination.--
21 (1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a
22 chiropractic physician shall apply to the department to take
23 the licensure examination. There shall be an application fee
24 set by the board not to exceed $100 which shall be
25 nonrefundable. There shall also be an examination fee not to
26 exceed $500 plus the actual per applicant cost to the
27 department for purchase of portions of the examination from
28 the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners or a similar
29 national organization, which may be refundable if the
30 applicant is found ineligible to take the examination. The
31 department shall examine each applicant who the board
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SENATE AMENDMENT
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1 certifies has:
2 (c) Submitted proof satisfactory to the department
3 that he or she is within 6 months of graduating from or is a
4 graduate of a chiropractic college which is accredited by or
5 has status with the Council on Chiropractic Education or its
6 predecessor agency. However, any applicant who is a graduate
7 of a chiropractic college that was initially accredited by the
8 Council on Chiropractic Education in 1995, who graduated from
9 such college within the 4 years immediately preceding such
10 accreditation, and who is otherwise qualified shall be
11 eligible to take the examination. No application for a
12 license to practice chiropractic medicine shall be denied
13 solely because the applicant is a graduate of a chiropractic
14 college that subscribes to one philosophy of chiropractic
15 medicine as distinguished from another.
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