BY REPRESENTATIVES Salaz, Epps, and Leyba;
also SENATOR Arnold.
CONCERNING CHIROPRACTIC LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS, AND
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. 1233112,
Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
1233112. Application for
license fee examination.
Any person who fulfills the minimum educational requirements prescribed
by this article and by the board, who is not less than twentyone
years of age, who desires to obtain a license to practice chiropractic
in this state, and who is not entitled to a license therefor under
other provisions of this article may make application for such
license upon such forms and in such manner as prescribed by the
board, which application shall be accompanied by an examination
fee. The board may refuse to examine or license an applicant
if the applicant has committed any act that would be grounds for
disciplinary action against a licensed chiropractor. Such applicant
shall be examined by the board OR THE BOARD'S DESIGNEE in the
subjects outlined in section 1233111 to determine
the applicant's qualifications to practice chiropractic. A license
shall be granted to all applicants who on such examination are
found qualified by attaining a passing grade on each
section of the examination. Any applicant receiving a passing
grade in all but one subject may, within one year from the date
of such failure, repeat the examination in only that subject,
upon payment of the total examination fee, and will be licensed
upon receiving a passing grade in such subject
THE EXAMINATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. Qualification in that
portion of the examination relating to the basic sciences shall
be established by the applicant submitting proof satisfactory
to the board of successfully passing the examination in the basic
sciences given by the national board of chiropractic examiners.
THE BOARD MAY ADOPT THE PRACTICAL EXAMINATION DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED
BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS AS THE PRACTICAL
PORTION OF THE EXAMINATION. IF THE BOARD ADOPTS SUCH PRACTICAL
EXAMINATION DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF
CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS, QUALIFICATION IN THE PRACTICAL PORTION
OF THE EXAMINATION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE APPLICANT SUBMITTING
PROOF SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD OF SUCCESSFULLY PASSING THE PRACTICAL
EXAMINATION GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS,
AND THE PASSING SCORE FOR SUCH PRACTICAL EXAMINATION SHALL BE
AS SET BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS. Any chiropractic
applicant who desires to practice electrotherapy shall present
evidence that he or she has successfully completed a course of
not less than one hundred twenty classroom hours in this subject
at a school approved by the board or under the instruction of
an approved provider.
SECTION 2. Appropriation in
1998 long bill to be adjusted. For
the implementation of this act, appropriations made in the annual
general appropriation act for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1998, shall be adjusted as follows: The appropriation made to
the department of regulatory agencies, division of registrations,
for operating expenses, is decreased by six thousand eight hundred
fifty dollars ($6,850). Said sum shall be out of moneys in the
division of registrations cash fund.
SECTION 3. Safety clause.
The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that
this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, and safety.
____________________________ ____________________________
Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
____________________________ ____________________________
Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO