ARM 24.126.504. APPLICATION FOR CHIROPRACTOR LICENSE

(1) Each applicant for licensure must submit: (a) a completed application form; (b) the applicable fee; and (c) documentary evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant: (i) meets the education and examination requirements for licensure set by board statute or rule (application by examination); or (ii) meets the criteria for licensure by substantial equivalency under 37-1-304, MCA (application by endorsement) and 37-12-302(3), MCA; and (iii) meets the character and fitness requirements to practice. (2) The department will verify character and fitness through: (a) the applicant's personal history questions submitted with the application; (b) the license history in any jurisdiction where the applicant has held a chiropractic license; (c) a query from the National Practitioner Databank (NPDB); or (d) other sources of unprofessional conduct allegations. (3) Applicants under (1)(c)(i) must take the jurisprudence examination with a minimum score of 75 percent. (4) Applicants under (1)(c)(ii) are exempt from: (a) taking the jurisprudence examination; and (b) meeting the bachelor's degree requirement under 37-12-302(3), MCA. (5) The board authorizes the department to deem applications from applicants who hold an active license in another state as routine and substantially equivalent to Montana if the state requires: (a) graduation from a college of chiropractic approved by the board; and (b) passage of parts I through IV of the NBCE. An applicant from a state that does not require passage of the physiotherapy portion of the NBCE must submit evidence of having passed that portion of the exam; and (c) passage of the jurisprudence examination. (6) All license applications expire within 1 year of initial submission to the department.