3. Uniform minimum standards

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a. Chiropractors licensed or authorized to practice prior to July 1, 1974, and those individuals who commenced their studies in a chiropractic college beforethat date must meet all of the following minimum standards to render reimbursable services under the program: 1. Preliminary education equal to the requirements for graduation from an accredited high school or other secondary school; and 2. Graduation from a college of chiropractic approved by the State's chiropractic examiners which included the completion of a course of study covering a period of not less than 3 school years of 6 months each year. The student must have been in actual continuous attendance taking adequate courses of study in the subjects of anatomy, physiology, symptomatology and diagnosis, hygiene and sanitation, chemistry, histology, pathology, and principles and practice of chiropractic including clinical instruction in vertebral palpation, nerve tracing and adjusting; and 3. Passage of an examination prescribed by the State's chiropractic examiners covering the subjects listed in 2) above.

b. Individuals commencing their studies in a chiropractic college after June 30, 1974, must meet all of the following additional requirements: 1. Satisfactory completion of 2 years of pre-chiropractic study at the college level. 2. Satisfactory completion of a 4 year course of 8 months each year (instead of a 3 year course of 6 months each year) at a college or school of chiropractic which includes not less than 4,000 hours in the scientific and chiropractic courses specified in subparagraph a. 2) above plus courses in the use and effect of x-ray and chiropractic analysis; and 3. The practitioner must be over 21 years of age.

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3. Uniform minimum standards

Official source

a. Chiropractors licensed or authorized to practice prior to July 1, 1974, and those individuals who commenced their studies in a chiropractic college beforethat date must meet all of the following minimum standards to render reimbursable services under the program: 1. Preliminary education equal to the requirements for graduation from an accredited high school or other secondary school; and 2. Graduation from a college of chiropractic approved by the State's chiropractic examiners which included the completion of a course of study covering a period of not less than 3 school years of 6 months each year. The student must have been in actual continuous attendance taking adequate courses of study in the subjects of anatomy, physiology, symptomatology and diagnosis, hygiene and sanitation, chemistry, histology, pathology, and principles and practice of chiropractic including clinical instruction in vertebral palpation, nerve tracing and adjusting; and 3. Passage of an examination prescribed by the State's chiropractic examiners covering the subjects listed in 2) above.

b. Individuals commencing their studies in a chiropractic college after June 30, 1974, must meet all of the following additional requirements: 1. Satisfactory completion of 2 years of pre-chiropractic study at the college level. 2. Satisfactory completion of a 4 year course of 8 months each year (instead of a 3 year course of 6 months each year) at a college or school of chiropractic which includes not less than 4,000 hours in the scientific and chiropractic courses specified in subparagraph a. 2) above plus courses in the use and effect of x-ray and chiropractic analysis; and 3. The practitioner must be over 21 years of age.