N.Y. Education Law § 6554: Requirements for a professional license

§ 6554. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a

license as a chiropractor, an applicant shall fulfill the following

requirements:

(1) Application: file an application with the department;

(2) Education: have received an education, including two years of

preprofessional college study and completion of a four-year resident

program in chiropractic, in accordance with the commissioner's

regulations;

(3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations:

(4) Examination: pass examinations satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations, in clinical chiropractic

analysis, the practice of chiropractic, X-ray as it relates to

chiropractic analysis, and examinations satisfactory to the department

in anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microbiology, diagnosis,

and the use and effect of X-ray;

(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a

noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United

States;

(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the

department; and

(8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the

department for admission to a department conducted examination and for

an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination,

a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons

not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee

of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration

period.