Procedures For Certification

To become certified as a chiropractic therapy assistant in Tennessee, a person must comply with the following procedures and requirements. (1) Certification (a) An application packet shall be requested from the board’s administrative office. (b) An applicant shall respond truthfully and completely to every question or request for information contained in the application form and submit it along with all documentation and fees required by the form and these rules to the board’s administrative office. (c) Applications will be accepted throughout the year. Supporting documents requested in these instructions must be received in the board office within 60 days of receipt of the application or the file will be closed. (d) An applicant shall submit with his/her application a signed passport type photograph taken within the preceding 12 months. (The photo is to be signed by the applicant on the back of the photograph.) (e) It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide evidence that he/she has completed the requirements of rule 0260-05-.04(1). (f) An applicant shall disclose the circumstances surrounding any of the following: 1. Conviction of any criminal law violation of any country, state or municipality, except minor traffic violation. 2. The denial of certification application by any state or the discipline of a health care certificate in any state. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY ASSISTANTS CHAPTER 0260-05 3. Loss or restriction of certification. 4. Any civil judgment or civil suit settlement in which the applicant was a party defendant, including without limitation, actions involving malpractice, breach of contract, antitrust activity, or any other civil action remedy recognized under the country’s or state’s statutory, common or case law. (g) An applicant shall cause to be submitted to the Board’s administrative office directly from the vendor identified in the Board’s certification application materials, the result of a criminal background check. (2) Certification by reciprocity/endorsement (a) If an applicant holds or has ever held a chiropractic therapy assistant’s certificate in another state or its equivalent, the applicant shall cause to be submitted the equivalent of a Tennessee Certificate of Endorsement (verification of certification) from each such licensing board which indicates the applicant holds or held an active certificate and whether it is in good standing presently or was at the time it became inactive. (b) If a certificate from another state or board is not in good standing or is inactive, the applicant cannot be certified under the reciprocity/endorsement rule. (c) When necessary, all required documents shall be translated into English and such translation and original document certified as to authenticity by the issuing source. Both versions must be submitted. (d) Personal resumes are not acceptable and will not be reviewed. (e) Application review and certification decisions shall be governed by rule 0260-05-.07. (f) Applicants for reciprocity/endorsement carry the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that his/her course work, supervision, and experience are equivalent to the board’s requirements. (g) An application packet shall be requested from the board’s administrative office. (h) An applicant shall respond truthfully and completely to every question or request for information contained in the application form and submit it along with all documentation and fees required by the form and these rules to the board’s administrative office. (i) Applications will be accepted throughout the year. Supporting documents requested in these instructions must be received in the board office within 60 days of receipt of the application or the file will be closed. (j) An applicant shall submit with his/her application a signed passport type photograph taken within the preceding 12 months. (The photo is to be signed by the applicant on the back of the photograph.) (k) It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide evidence that he/she has completed a minimum combined total of fifty (50) hours of education approved by the board. (l) An applicant shall disclose the circumstances surrounding any of the following: 1. Conviction of any criminal law violation of any country, state or municipality, except minor traffic violation. GENERAL RULES GOVERNING CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY ASSISTANTS CHAPTER 0260-05 2. The denial of certification application by any state or the discipline of a health care certificate in any state. 3. Loss or restriction of certification. 4. Any civil judgment or civil suit settlement in which the applicant was a party defendant, including without limitation, actions involving malpractice, breach of contract, antitrust activity, or any other civil action remedy recognized under the country’s or state’s statutory, common or case law. (m) An applicant shall cause to be submitted to the Board’s administrative office directly from the vendor identified in the Board’s certification application materials, the result of a criminal background check.