KRS 312.085: Application to practice chiropractic -- Course of study --

Qualifications.

(1) Any persons desiring to practice chiropractic in this state shall make

application to the board, in the form and manner established by the board by

the promulgation of administrative regulations. Each applicant shall have

satisfactorily completed not less than sixty (60) semester credit hours of study

from a college or university accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges

and Schools or other regional accrediting agencies as recognized by the

United States Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education

Accreditation, be a graduate of a college or university accredited by the Council

on Chiropractic Education or their successors, and which maintains a standard

and reputability approved by the board.

(2) The board may by administrative regulation require a two-year pre-chiropractic

course of instruction to be completed prior to entry into chiropractic college.

The board may by administrative regulation establish a preceptorship program

where students or graduates of accredited chiropractic colleges as stated in

this section may work with and under the direction and supervision of a

licensed doctor of chiropractic prior to the taking of the appropriate licensing

examination.

(3) Applications shall be signed in applicant's own handwriting, and shall be sworn

to and before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and shall recite the

history of the applicant as to his educational experience, his length of study of

chiropractic, what collateral branches he has studied, the length of time he has

been engaged in clinical practice, accompanying same with a diploma, or

diplomas awarded to applicant by a college or colleges in which such studies

were pursued. Certificates of attendance from the college or colleges from

which he is a graduate, stating dates of matriculation, graduation, and number

of months and hours in attendance shall accompany the application, with

satisfactory evidence of good character and reputation. If in accordance with

KRS Chapter 335B, no license shall be issued to any person convicted of a

felony unless he has been pardoned and approved by the board.