GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 304
AN ACT TO UPGRADE THE CHIROPRACTIC PROFESSION BY REQUIRING A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FOR LICENSURE TO PRACTICE CHIROPRACTIC IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 90-143 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-143. Definitions of chiropractic;
examinations; educational requirements.-Chiropractic
is herein defined to be the science of adjusting the cause of disease by
realigning the spine, releasing pressure on nerves radiating from the spine to
all parts of the body, and allowing the nerves to carry their full quota of
health current (nerve energy) from the brain to all parts of the body. It shall
be the duty of the North Carolina State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
(hereinafter referred to as "Board") to examine for license to
practice chiropractic every applicant who complies with the following
provisions: He shall, before he is admitted to examination, furnish proof of
good moral character and satisfy the Board that he has completed two years
of prechiropractic college education and received credits for a minimum of 60
semester hours has received a baccalaureate degree from a college or
university accredited by a regional accreditation body recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education. He shall exhibit a diploma or furnish proof of
graduation from a chiropractic college accredited by the Council on
Chiropractic Education or holding recognized candidate for accreditation status
with the Council on Chiropractic Education or a college teaching chiropractic
that, in the Board's opinion, meets the equivalent standards established by the
Council on Chiropractic Education, requiring an attendance of not less
than four academic years, and supplying such facilities for clinical and
scientific instruction, as shall meet the approval of the Board. The
examination shall include but not be limited to the following studies:
neurology, chemistry, pathology, anatomy, histology, physiology, embryology,
dermatology, diagnosis, microscopy, gynecology, hygiene, eye, ear, nose and
throat, orthopody, diagnostic radiology, jurisprudence, palpation, nerve
tracing, chiropractic philosophy, theory, teaching and practice of
chiropractic."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1993.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1987.