§ 6554. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a\nlicense as a chiropractor, an applicant shall fulfill the following\nrequirements:\n (1) Application: file an application with the department;\n (2) Education: have received an education, including two years of\npreprofessional college study and completion of a four-year resident\nprogram in chiropractic, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\n (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations:\n (4) Examination: pass examinations satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations, in clinical chiropractic\nanalysis, the practice of chiropractic, X-ray as it relates to\nchiropractic analysis, and examinations satisfactory to the department\nin anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microbiology, diagnosis,\nand the use and effect of X-ray;\n (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a\nnoncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United\nStates;\n (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the\ndepartment for admission to a department conducted examination and for\nan initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination,\na fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons\nnot requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee\nof one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration\nperiod.\n
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