NRS634.090. Licenses: Qualifications of applicants.

      1.  An applicant must, in addition to the requirements of NRS 634.070 and 634.080, furnish satisfactory evidence to the Board:

      (a) That the applicant is of good moral character;

      (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, not less than 60 days before the date of the examination, that the applicant has a high school education and is a graduate from a college of chiropractic which is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or which has a reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education or any governmental accrediting agency, whose minimum course of study leading to the degree of doctor of chiropractic consists of not less than 4,000 hours of credit which includes instruction in each of the following subjects:

             (1) Anatomy;

             (2) Bacteriology;

             (3) Chiropractic theory and practice;

             (4) Diagnosis and chiropractic analysis;

             (5) Elementary chemistry and toxicology;

             (6) Histology;

             (7) Hygiene and sanitation;

             (8) Obstetrics and gynecology;

             (9) Pathology;

             (10) Physiology; and

             (11) Physiotherapy; and

      (c) That the applicant:

             (1) Holds certificates which indicate that he or she has passed parts I, II, III and IV, and the portion relating to physiotherapy, of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners; or

             (2) Has actively practiced chiropractic in another state for not fewer than 7 of the immediately preceding 10 years without having any adverse disciplinary action taken against him or her.

      2.  The Board may, for good cause shown, waive the requirement for a particular applicant that the college of chiropractic from which the applicant graduated must be accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or have a reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education or a governmental accrediting agency.

      3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, every applicant is required to submit evidence of the successful completion of not less than 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university.

      4.  Any applicant who has been licensed to practice in another state, and has been in practice for not less than 5 years, is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 3.

      [Part 7:23:1923; A 1929, 280; 1949, 655; 1951, 258; 1955, 506]—(NRS A 1965, 352; 1971, 562; 1975, 118; 1983, 421; 1991, 2082; 1997, 820; 2001, 5; 2003, 3445)