{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6554","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 6554","heading":"Requirements for a professional license","body":"§ 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.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 132. Chiropractic"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/6554","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"6055f6958b00941e2215944f952ab3a6eebe599e16939e1965227ce070eceac9","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6553","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6554-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}