CHIROPRACTOR

Summary
Hawai‘i’s requirements for a chiropractor’s
license are in line with a majority of the states, except that its
continuing education requirement ranks among the lowest in the country. The
general requirements are a chiropractic degree and passing the National National Board of Chiropractor Examiners examinations.
Requirement
|
Hawai‘i
|
Category Rank
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National Median
|
OVERALL
RANK (quintile)
|
4 |
|
|
Education
|
60
semester hours
|
3
|
60
semester hours
|
Examination
|
5 parts
of the NBCE
|
3
|
5 parts
of the NBCE
|
Fees
|
$385
|
3
|
$386
|
Continuing
Education
|
10 hours
per year
|
5
|
15 hours
per year
|
Reciprocity
or Endorsement
|
Hawai‘i provides some form of recognition
of an out of state license.
|
3
|
45 states
provide some form of reciprocity or endorsement for an out of state license.
|
Note on Chiropractor
ranking:
1 = most difficult, most requirements, highest fees.
5 = least difficult, fewest requirements, lowest fees.
Education: As with Hawai‘i,
most states specify 60 semester hours of undergraduate education. However, most
chiropractic colleges require 90 semester hours as a prerequisite for
admission. Five states require a bachelor’s degree in addition to a
chiropractic degree. Some states do not specify a number of undergraduate
hours. States requiring a bachelor’s degree were assigned a rank of 1, and all
other states were assigned a rank of 3.
Examination: Twenty-seven states require passing five parts
of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners examination, while twenty-three
states require three or four parts.
Fees: Rank is based on the cost of an initial license and an
annualized renewal fee. This reflects the cost of obtaining and renewing a
license.
Continuing education: Hawai‘i
is one of three states that requires ten hours of
continuing education per year. New Jersey
does not require continuing education. All other states require from twelve to
fifty hours per year.
Reciprocity: Reciprocity
or endorsement recognizes any form of recognition of an out of state license.