Section 338.12004. Licensure by endorsement; requirements.

(1) An applicant for a chiropractic license by endorsement shall submit the required fee and a completed application on a form provided by the department. In addition to meeting the requirements of the code and these rules, an applicant who satisfies the requirements of this rule, as applicable, shall meet the requirements of section 16186 of the code.

(2)        If an applicant was first licensed in another state for 5 years or more immediately preceding the date of filing an application for a Michigan chiropractic license, then the applicant presumably meets the requirements of section 16186 of the code.

(3)        If an applicant was first licensed in another state for less than 5 years immediately preceding the date of filing an application for a Michigan chiropractic license, then the applicant shall establish that the applicant passed parts I, II, III, and IV of the national board examination that is conducted and scored by the national board of chiropractic examiners.

(4)     In addition to meeting the requirements of subrule  (1)  and  either subrule (2) or (3) of this rule, an applicant's license shall be verified, on a form supplied by the department, by the licensing agency of any state of the United States in which the applicant holds a current license or ever held a license as a chiropractor. Verification includes, but is not limited to, showing proof of any disciplinary action taken or pending against the applicant.

History: 1982 AACS; 1987 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS; 2011 AACS.