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ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
Licensure Date: 1959 - Went into effect 1960

Sheila Bolton, Executive Director  

Debra Darnell, Administrative Assistant I

    Amy Deavers, Administrative Assistant II
         
For Information Contact:        
  126 Chilton Place
Clanton, AL 35045
    Phone: (205) 755-8000 
Fax: (205) 755-0081 
(Do not use FAX for applications)
  Web address: www.chiro.alabama.gov    

E-Mail: sheila.bolton@chiro.alabama.gov
E-Mail:  debra.darnell@chiro.alabama.gov
E-Mail:  amy.deavers@chiro.alabama.gov


Office Hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm; M - F   Time Zone: Central   
 
Jurisprudence Exam Dates: 2/18/2010; 5/20/2010; 8/19/2010; 11/18/2010
Application/Transcript Deadline: 1/25/2010; 4/25/2010; 7/25/2010; 10/25/2010
Application/Transcripts Exam Dates for Reciprocity: 2/18/2010; 5/20/2010; 8/19/2010; 11/18/2010
Application/Transcripts Deadline for Reciprocity: 1/15/2010, 4/15/2010, 7/15/2010, 10/15/2010
         

Application Fee: $ 150 

  Initial License Fee: $ 50
Exam Fee: $ 150   License Renewal Fee: $ 300
Term: Annual, per fiscal year (10/1 ─ 9/30)     
         
Criminal Background Check: No      
Require Fingerprinting: No      
         
Preceptor/Intern/Extern Program: Students or graduated (not yet licensed, within 6 months); 
   D.C.s may practice under licensed D.C.    
Require supervised practice prior to full licensure: No   
License(s) Required for Practice: Chiropractic
Optional Certification: n/a    
         
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
  Requirements: 18 hours per fiscal year (10/1 ─ 9/30)
Distance Credits Allowed: 6 hours only (per year)
Program Criteria: Alabama Board approved
Board accepts the uniform continuing education form: Yes
Board requires sexual boundaries training: Initial licensure
Board requires AIDS awareness / risk prevention training: Initial licensure
Other special areas of specific CE training required: 2 hours every year in Alabama Law, etc.
         
CONDITIONS FOR RECIPROCITY/ENDORSEMENT: Contact board for information.
 
EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY STATE: Alabama Chiropractic Law and Rules.
         
NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS:     SPEC:

Part I: Required *
Part II: Required *
Part III (WCCE): Required
Part IV: Required
Physiotherapy: Accepted 
(*For applicants who matriculated after 1/1/73)
            
Acupuncture: Accepted 

  Reciprocity/Endorsement: Can use now 
Reinstatement Lapsed License: Can use now 
Disciplinary Cases: Under consideration 
Impairment Review: Not planning to use
         
PHYSIOTHERAPY: Termed Chiropractic Physiological Therapeutics
 

Certification: Recognize (CCE) school certification
Additional Education: None
Additional Examination: None
Additional Fee: None 

         
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
  Min. # years pre-professional education required for licensure: Applicants are required to have a four-year degree prior to licensure.       
  Accreditation for Chiropractic Programs/Institutions: Council on Chiropractic Education; 
   Fully Accredited
         
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATES OF FOREIGN COLLEGES: 
   Contact Board for specific information.
         
SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE:
(Contact State for precise definition by state law)
May examine, analyze and diagnose the human body and its diseases by the use of any physical, clinical, thermal, or radonic method, and the use of X-ray diagnosing, and may use other general methods of examination for diagnosis and analysis taught in any school of chiropractic recognized by this board. May recommend the use of food and concentrates, food extracts, and may apply first aid. Chiropractors are expressly prohibited from prescribing or administering any drugs included in materia medica, except as herein provided, from performing obstetrics, or from giving treatments involving the use of radioactive materials.
         
OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION:
  Board regulates specialty council certification: Must have documentation acceptable to the Board
Board permits or authorizes travel-to-treat requirements: Yes, case by case basis approval
Board permits or authorizes telemedicine practices: No
Licensees required to carry malpractice insurance: Yes
Additional legally accepted terms for chiropractor (in addition to Doctor of Chiropractic, D.C., Chiropractor, Chiropractic Doctor): Chiropractic Physician, by rule.
Peer Review: Handled by Board through independent reviewers
Chiropractic Therapy Assistants: No current or planned regulation   
         
BOARD MEMBERS / TERMS:
Board handles both licensing and disciplinary functions.
Robert Brian Wells, D.C., President, 1019 Highway 431 North, Anniston 36201 Exp. 12/2011
Jerry L. Schreiner, D.C., Vice President, 32620-B Hwy 43, Thomasville 36784 Exp. 12/2012
Kenneth J. Randolph, D.C., Secretary-Treasurer, PO Box 1004, Guin 35563 Exp. 12/2009
Gerald J. Collins, D.C., Preceptor Director, 552 Bessemer Hwy, Birmingham 35228 Exp. 12/2010
Jerry S. Kirby, D.C., 6148 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery 36117 Exp. 12/2011
Larry H. Heaton, D.C., 1406 A Beltline Rd, Decatur 35601 Exp. 12/2010
Gilles X. Beaumont, D.C., President, 801 Downtowner Blvd., Mobile 36609 Exp. 12/2012
Ricardo Herring, D.C., Minority Member, 1518 Montclair Road, Birmingham 35210 Exp. 12/2010
Mr. Allen Sanderson, Consumer Member, 1800 Honeysuckle Lane, Birmingham  35213  Exp. 12/2012
         
STATISTICAL INFORMATION:  Total # of Licensees as of 1/10: 817
  Of these licensees, there are:
Active licenses: 807
Inactive licenses: 73
New licenses: 27
Resident licenses: 670
Non-Resident licenses: 137
*Information not provided
 

                 Updated 8/18/2010

 

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