64B2-11.001: Application for Licensure Examination
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment in order to incorporate the application form by reference and to update the requirements for the licensure examination.
SUMMARY: The application form will be incorporated into the rule and the requirements for the licensure examination will be updated.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board determined the proposed rule will not have an impact on small business.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 460.405, 460.406 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 460.406 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B2-11.001 Application for Licensure Examination.
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a chiropractor shall apply to the Department of Health to take the licensure examination. The application shall be made on board approved form DH-MQA 1147, (Rev 11/08), Application for Chiropractic Examination and Initial Licensure prepared and furnished by the Department, which is hereby incorporated by reference, and may be obtained from the Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.
(2) The licensure examination approved by the Board for licensure are the examinations developed and administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (hereafter NBCE) which consist of the Parts I, II, and III of the written examination, and beginning July 1, 2009, the Physiotherapy examination and Part IV, the practical examination; and the examination developed and administered by the Department of Health which measures and applicant’s knowledge of Chapters 456 and 460, F.S., and the rules promulgated thereunder (“laws and rules examination”). A score of three hundred seventy-five (375) shall be necessary on each section of Parts I, II, III, and IV of the National Board Written Examination. A score of three hundred seventy-five (375) shall be necessary on the Physiotherapy Examination. A score of seventy-five percent (75%) is required on the Department of Health laws and rules examination. The board shall certify to the Department as eligible for to take the licensure examination only those applicants who have completed the application form, remitted the application and examination fee required by Chapter 64B2-12, F.A.C., to the Department and who have demonstrated to the Board the they:
(a) Are at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Have completed, prior to matriculation in a chiropractic college, the equivalent of sixty (60) semester hours of resident college work toward a baccalaureate degree at a college or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and approved by the United State Department of Education, or for those who matriculate in a chiropractic college on or after July 1, 1990, shall have been granted, prior to being certified by the board to sit for the examination a bachelor’s degree based upon four (4) academic years of study by a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency which is a member of the Commission on Recognition of Post-secondary Accreditation, Effective July 1, 2000, completed, prior to matriculation in a chiropractic college, at least three (3) years of residence college work, consisting of a minimum of ninety 90 semester hours leading to a bachelor’s degree in a liberal arts college or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and approved by the United States Department of Education. Applicants who matriculated in a chiropractic college after July 1, 2000, shall have been granted a bachelor’s degree from an institution holding accreditation for that degree from a regional accrediting agency which is recognized by the United States Department of Education. The applicant’s chiropractic degree must consist of credits earned in the chiropractic program and may not include academic credit for courses from the bachelor’s degree. matriculation is defined as a student who is registered and enrolled in a chiropractic college;
(c) Are graduates of a chiropractic college which accredited by or has status with the Council on Chiropractic Education or its predecessor Department;
(d) Shall have successfully completed and passed the examination developed and administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (hereafter NBCE) which consists of the written examination and the Written Clinical Competency Examination, A scaled score of seventy-five (75) shall be necessary on each section of Part I, II and III, of the National Board Written Examination and a scaled score of seventy-five (75) shall be necessary on the Written Clinical competency Examination. These examinations shall be successfully completed within ten (10) years immediately preceding application to the department for licensure.
(3) In order that the Board may timely certify to the Department of Health those applicants eligible for licensure, to take the examination, all applications, fees, and supporting documentation including transcripts, NBCE examination results, fingerprint card, verification of licensure from other jurisdictions and, if applicable, certified copies of court records evidencing a criminal conviction, plea, or other disposition, must be on file with the Board no later than March 1st of each year for those candidates applying for the May Examination and September 1st for the November examination.
(4) Upon written request from an applicant, the Department shall provide a translated version of the laws and rules examination into a language other than English. If no such translated examination exists however, the Department shall require the applicant to pay the cost of the translation before employing translators to perform the task.
Rulemaking Specific Authority 460.405, 460.406 FS. Law Implemented 460.406 FS. History–New 1-10-80, Amended 3-15-81, 10-10-85, Formerly 21D-11.01, Amended 2-19-86, 10-6-86, 1-28-87, 2-1-88, 4-19-89, 12-31-89, 5-7-90, 7-8-90, 7-15-91, 2-2-93, Formerly 21D-11.001, Amended 4-18-94, Formerly 61F2-11.001, Amended 2-20-95, Formerly 59N-11.001, Amended 11-4-98, 3-23-00, 2-3-08, ________.