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STATE BOARD INFORMATION
OFFICIAL ADDRESS AND PHONE
NUMBER:
New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
c/o
Division of Consumer Affairs
Executive Director: Mr. Kevin
Earle
124 Halsey Street, P.O. Box 45004
Newark, NJ 07101
Tel:
201-504-6395
SCOPE OF PRACTICE:
The practice of Chiropractic is that
patient health care discipline whose methodology is the adjustment and/or manipulation of
the articulations of the spine and related structures. During the initial
consultation and before commencing Chiropractic care, a licensee shall identify a clinical
condition warranting Chiropractic treatment. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
prohibit a licensee from caring for Chiropractic subluxation as determined by Chiropractic
analytical procedures. Chiropractic analysis which identifies the existence of
a subluxation may be the basis for Chiropractic care even in the absence of a
subjective complaint or other objective finding.
Please refer to the State Board of
Chiropractic Examiners Statues and Regulations handbook published by the New Jersey
Department of Law and Public Safety for the complete information regarding the
practice of Chiropractic in New Jersey. The board secretary, Ms. Nina Lado, can be
contacted at the above phone number for a free copy.
EXAMINATION:
Effective January 1, 2001, to obtain a
license to practice Chiropractic, a candidate shall successfully pass:
1. Parts I, II, III, and IV of the
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Examination; and
2. The New Jersey State Board of
Chiropractic Examiners written jurisprudence examination.
An applicant licensed in another state who
seeks licensure by endorsement shall successfully pass the written jurisprudence
examination administered by the New Jersey State Board of Chiropractic
Examiners.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicant must complete at least 2 years'
study in a school or college of arts and sciences accredited by the State Department
of Education, no less than 11/2 years of which shall have been completed prior to
commencing his or her courses of study in an approved school of Chiropractic and
shall be evidenced by a certificate issued by the Commissioner of Education of this State
to that effect.
The board shall accept as an applicant for
licensure as a Chiropractor any individual who has graduated from a school,
institution or college of Chiropractic which was approved during the individual's entire
course of study by the board, and accredited by the Council of Chiropractic Education,
OR the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association, OR other accrediting
agency approved by the United States Department of Education.
FEES:
New Jersey Chiropractic licenses are
issued biennially. The fee for the two year period is $350.00.
CONTINUING EDUCATION: At the present time, there is no mandatory Continuing Education in New Jersey.
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Information about
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