Continuing Education Requirements for Michigan Chiropractors
(see simplified diagram below)
As part of the chiropractic scope law
effective 2010, Michigan doctors are now required to obtain additional
continuing education as a condition of license renewal. Specifically,
continuing education is now required in the ordering and performance of
tests and physical measures.
License Renewal
The current
Administrative Rules require that doctors obtain 30 hours of continuing
education over the two-year licensure period for license renewal. This
number has not changed; however, these 30 hours must now include:
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Two
hours in physical measures, which must be completed by attending
a live, in-person program (new requirement)
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Two
hours in the performance and ordering of tests, which must be
completed by attending a live, in-person program (new requirement)
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One
hour in ethics
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One
hour in sexual boundaries
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One
hour in pain and symptom management
Relicensure
Applicants for
relicensure must have completed, in the three-year period prior to the
application for relicensure, at least 45 hours of continuing education
(this is up from the previously required 42), with not less than 24 of
these hours in chiropractic technique. The required continuing education
in tests, physical measures, ethics, sexual boundaries, and pain and
symptom management also apply.
Important Note: These rules are
effective immediately for the 2012-2013 licensure period and beyond.
If you are audited by the BOC, you must produce
documentation for all continuing education courses.
Does Your
License Expire in 2012?
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NO |
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You are bound by the old Rules. The new
requirements do not apply to doctors in the 2011-2012 licensure
period.
Doctors whose licenses expire in 2012
are required to obtain 30 hours of CE for license renewal,
including the following:
After you renew in November, you will be bound by the new Rules
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If your license does not expire until
2013, you ARE NOW bound by the new rules. You are required
to obtain 30 hours of CE for license renewal, including:
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2 hours in physical measures
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2 hours in the ordering and
performance of tests
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1 hour in ethics
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1 hour in sexual boundaries
1 hour in pain and symptom management
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RELICENSURE
If you fail to renew your license, you
are bound by the Rule for relicensure, not license renewal. This
applies NO MATTER how long your license has lapsed, whether it’s 1
day or 20 years. Doctors seeking relicensure are required to have
45 hours of CE in the three years prior to the application for
relicensure, with 24 hours in chiropractic techniques, 1 hour in
ethics, 1 hour in boundaries, 1 hour in pain and symptom
management, 2 hours in physical measures, and 2 hours in the
performance and ordering of tests. |
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Requirement for Relicensure
“Relicensure” means the granting of a license to a person whose license
has lapsed for failure to renew the license within 60 days after the
expiration date. Important Note: Although a 60-day late renewal period is
allowed, the 30-hour continuing education requirement must be completed by
November 30.
All relicensure applicants must have completed, in the 3-year period
immediately preceding the application for relicensure, 42 hours of
continuing education in programs approved by the board, with not less than
24 hours in courses on chiropractic adjusting techniques, and
- One (1) continuing education hour in “sexual boundaries"
- One (1) continuing education hour in ethics
- One (1) continuing education hours in pain and symptom management
- Two (2) hours in physical measures
- Two (2) hours in the performance and ordering of tests
Not more than six of the required hours may be in board-approved online
computer programs.
If a chiropractor has been continuously licensed and engaged in the
practice of chiropractic in another state during the 3-year period
immediately preceding the application for relicensure, the chiropractor
does not have to complete the continuing education requirements.
Verification of licensure must be sent directly to the Michigan Board of
Chiropractic by the licensing agency in the state in which the
chiropractor is licensed.
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