Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2858
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11 The Committee on Health Regulation (Jones) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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18 (1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a
19 chiropractic physician must shall apply to the department to
20 take the licensure examination. There shall be an application
21 fee set by the board not to exceed $100 which shall be
22 nonrefundable. There shall also be an examination fee not to
23 exceed $500 plus the actual per applicant cost to the
24 department for purchase of portions of the examination from
25 the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners or a similar
26 national organization, which may be refundable if the
27 applicant is found ineligible to take the examination. The
28 department shall examine each applicant who the board
29 certifies has:
30 (a) Completed the application form and remitted the
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1 (b) Submitted proof satisfactory to the department
2 that he or she is not less than 18 years of age.
3 (c) Submitted proof satisfactory to the department
4 that he or she is a graduate of a chiropractic college which
5 is accredited by or has status with the Council on
6 Chiropractic Education or its predecessor agency. However, any
7 applicant who is a graduate of a chiropractic college that was
8 initially accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education
9 in 1995, who graduated from such college within the 4 years
10 immediately preceding such accreditation, and who is otherwise
11 qualified shall be eligible to take the examination. No
12 application for a license to practice chiropractic medicine
13 shall be denied solely because the applicant is a graduate of
14 a chiropractic college that subscribes to one philosophy of
15 chiropractic medicine as distinguished from another.
16 (d)1. For an applicant who has matriculated in a
17 chiropractic college prior to July 2, 1990, completed at least
18 2 years of residence college work, consisting of a minimum of
19 one-half the work acceptable for a bachelor's degree granted
20 on the basis of a 4-year period of study, in a college or
21 university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and
22 approved by the United States Department of Education.
23 However, prior to being certified by the board to sit for the
24 examination, each applicant who has matriculated in a
25 chiropractic college after July 1, 1990, shall have been
26 granted a bachelor's degree, based upon 4 academic years of
27 study, by a college or university accredited by a regional
28 accrediting agency which is a member of the Commission on
29 Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.
30 2. Effective July 1, 2000, completed, prior to
31 matriculation in a chiropractic college, at least 3 years of
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1 residence college work, consisting of a minimum of 90 semester
2 hours leading to a bachelor's degree in a liberal arts college
3 or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized
4 and approved by the United States Department of Education.
5 However, prior to being certified by the board to sit for the
6 examination, each applicant who has matriculated in a
7 chiropractic college after July 1, 2000, shall have been
8 granted a bachelor's degree from an institution holding
9 accreditation for that degree from a regional accrediting
10 agency which is recognized by the United States Department of
11 Education. The applicant's chiropractic degree must consist
12 of credits earned in the chiropractic program and may not
13 include academic credit for courses from the bachelor's
14 degree.
15 (e) Successfully completed the National Board of
16 Chiropractic Examiners certification examination in parts I,
17 and II, and III clinical competency, with a score approved by
18 the board, within 10 years immediately preceding application
19 to the department for licensure.
20 (f) Submitted to the department a set of fingerprints
21 on a form and under procedures specified by the department,
22 along with payment in an amount equal to the costs incurred by
23 the Department of Health for the criminal background check of
24 the applicant.
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26 The board may require an applicant who graduated from an
27 institution accredited by the Council on Chiropractic
28 Education more than 10 years before the date of application to
29 the board to take the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners
30 Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic, or its
31 equivalent, as determined by the board. The board shall
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1 establish by rule a passing score.
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5 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
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9 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 460.406, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (5) is added to that
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15 And the title is amended as follows:
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19 providing that the Board of Chiropractic
20 Medicine may require certain applicants to take
21 the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners
22 Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic
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