Section 6554 - Requirements for a professional licenseTo qualify for a license as a chiropractor, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;(2) Education: have received an education, including two years of preprofessional college study and completion of a four-year resident program in chiropractic, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;(3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations:(4) Examination: pass examinations satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, in clinical chiropractic analysis, the practice of chiropractic, X-ray as it relates to chiropractic analysis, and examinations satisfactory to the department in anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microbiology, diagnosis, and the use and effect of X-ray;(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;(6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;(7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and(8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.Amended by New York Laws 2022 , ch. 669, Sec. 31, eff. 12/9/2022.