Agency contact person:
Katie Paff, Administrative Rules Coordinator, Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Policy Development, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 8366, Madison, Wisconsin 53708; telephone (608) 261-4472 ; email at Kathleen.Paff@wisconsin.gov. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Section 1. Chir 2.025 is amended to read:
Chir 2.025 Time for completing applications and taking examination. An application is incomplete until all materials described in s. Chir 2.02 are filed with the board. All application materials described in s. Chir 2.02 shall be filed with the board within one year from the date the first item is filed. If an application is incomplete for more than one year, or if an applicant fails to take an examination within one year from the date the application is complete first item was filed, the applicant shall begin the application process anew in order to take the practical examination demonstrating clinical competence for a license as a chiropractor. Section 2. Chir 2.03 (1) is renumbered Chir 2.03 and amended to read:
Chir 2.03 (1) State law examination. An applicant shall pass an examination on state laws including but not limited to ch. 446, Stats., and chs. Chir 1 to 11 12. Section 3. Chir 2.03 (2) is repealed.
Section 4. Chir 2.07(1) is amended to read:
Chir 2.07 (1) National examination. To pass the examination of the national board of chiropractic examiners, each applicant for licensure by exam shall receive a grade determined by the board legislature to represent minimum competence to practice. The board may adopt the passing grade recommended by the national board of chiropractic examiners.
Section 5. Chir 2.07 (3) and 2.11 (2) and (3) are repealed.
Section 6. Chir 2.12 is created to read:
Chir 2.12 Practical examination demonstrating clinical competence. An applicant who applied for licensure as a chiropractor between January 1, 2012 and July 2, 2013, and who took the practical exam, under s. 446.02 (3) (a), 2011 Stats., shall not be required to have successfully completed the practical exam and shall be considered to have satisfied all examination requirements to obtain a license to practice as a chiropractor in this state if the person has completed all of the following: (1) Achieved a score of 375 or higher on Part III of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(2) Achieved a score of 375 or higher on Part IV of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(3) Successfully completed the exam on Wisconsin laws, pursuant to s. Chir 2.03, related to the practice of chiropractic. Section 7. Chir 3.03 (1) (e) is amended to read:
Chir 3.03 (1) (e) Has successfully completed a practical examination demonstrating clinical competence which, in the board's judgment, is substantially equivalent to the practical examination demonstrating clinical competence is accepted by is acceptable to the board. The board will find acceptable any one of the following as an equivalent to a practical examination: Part IV of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the state practical exam from the endorsement candidate’s jurisdiction, or the special purpose examination in chiropractic under par. (f).
Section 8. Chir 3.03 (1) (f) is repealed and recreated to read:
Chir 3.03 (1) (f) Has successfully completed the special purpose examination in chiropractic, if the applicant has not completed one of the following:
1. Passed Parts I and II of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and a state practical exam from the endorsement candidate’s jurisdiction.
2. Passed Parts I, II, III and IV of the examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
Section 9. Chir 3.03 (2) (f) and (g) are amended to read:
Chir 3.03 (2) (f) Verification of successful completion of a practical examination, or its equivalent, demonstrating clinical competence which, in the board's judgment, is substantially equivalent to the practical examination demonstrating clinical competence is accepted by the board. The verification shall be forwarded directly to the board from the state that administered the examination or from the national board.
Chir 3.03 (2) (g) Proof of successful completion of the special purpose examination in chiropractic or the initial licensure Parts I, II, III, and IV of the examination of the national board of chiropractic examiners. The proof of completion shall be forwarded directly to the board from the institution that administered the examination.
Section 10. Effective Date. The rules adopted in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, pursuant to s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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