Administrative Rules of the State of Montana

(1) Renewal notices will be sent as specified in ARM 24.101.414.

(2) The renewal date for a chiropractic license is set by ARM 24.101.413.

(3) All licensees shall sign an affidavit provided on the renewal application which states that they have, in the year preceding the application for renewal, attended at least 12 hours of board-approved continuing education. An annual random audit of active licensees will be conducted to verify compliance.

(a) In the first full year of licensure, new graduates can fulfill the continuing education requirement by attending one session of the "new doc seminar" in lieu of the 12-hour continuing education requirement. This provision does not apply to out-of-state applicants applying for licensure by endorsement or reciprocity.

(4) The board will require each licensee to demonstrate successful completion of a professional boundary and ethics continuing education course. Four hours of professional boundaries and ethics continuing education will be in addition to the 12-hour continuing education annual requirement. Each licensee will be required to complete the course once every four years beginning September 1, 2006.

(5) A license that is not renewed within two years of the most recent renewal date automatically terminates. The terminated license may not be reactivated, and a new original license must be obtained by passing the special purposes examination for chiropractic (SPEC) administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and paying the appropriate fees in accordance with ARM 24.101.403.

(6) The provisions of ARM 24.101.408 apply.

(7) The board shall approve on a case-by-case basis all continuing education programs that it determines in its discretion to be related to the practice of chiropractic.

(8) Clock hours of continuing education cannot be accumulated and carried over from one renewal year to the next renewal year.

(9) It shall be necessary for those attending the Montana Chiropractic Association meetings to register with the secretary of the association each day of attendance.

(10) All licensees shall notify the department of any change in mailing addresses.

History: 37-1-134, 37-1-319, 37-12-201, MCA; IMP, 37-1-134, 37-1-141, 37-1-306, 37-1-319, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, 1979 MAR p. 442, Eff. 5/11/79; AMD, 1979 MAR p. 1302, Eff. 10/16/79; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic. , Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 6, Eff. 1/15/82; AMD, 1983 MAR p. 1247, Eff. 9/16/83; AMD, 1984 MAR p. 499, Eff. 3/30/84; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 1182, Eff. 7/18/86; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 1343, Eff. 8/14/87; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 995, Eff. 6/1/90; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 1144, Eff. 6/15/90; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 1578, Eff. 6/10/94; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 3212, Eff. 10/25/96; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 1494, Eff. 6/12/98; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1307, Eff. 5/26/00; TRANS, from Commerce, 2003 MAR p. 2761; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1609, Eff. 6/23/06; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1583, Eff. 7/1/06.