| Richard W. Walker, D.C., Executive Secretary |
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| For Information Contact: |
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P.O. Box 775
Louisville, MS 39339 |
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Phone: (662) 773-4478
Fax: (662) 773-4433
(Do not use FAX for applications) |
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Web address: www.msbce.ms.gov |
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E-Mail: msbce@bellsouth.net |
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| Office Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; M - F |
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Time Zone: Central |
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| Exam Dates: Fourth Thursday of January, April, July, and October |
| Application/Transcript Deadline: 20 days prior to exam date |
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Exam Fee: $ 200
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Criminal Background Check: No |
| Application Fee: $ 100 |
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Require Fingerprinting: No |
| Initial License Fee: None |
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Late Fee: $ 300 |
| License Renewal Fee: $100 |
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Term: Yearly |
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| Students: May not sit for board exams prior to graduating |
| Preceptor/Intern/Extern Program: Students or graduated (not yet licensed) D.C.s may practice under licensed D.C. with board approval |
| Require supervised practice prior to full licensure: No |
| License(s) Required for Practice: Chiropractic |
| Optional Certification: None |
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| CONTINUING EDUCATION: |
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Requirements: 12 hours every year
Distance Credits Allowed: None
Program Criteria: Sponsored by CCE approved college or state association
Board accepts the uniform continuing education form: No
Board requires sexual boundaries training: No
Board requires AIDS awareness / risk prevention training: No
Other special areas of specific CE training required: 3 hours Risk Management yearly |
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| CONDITIONS FOR RECIPROCITY/ENDORSEMENT: SPEC exam, eight years practice, no disciplinary actions, PT national board exam. |
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| EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY STATE: Jurisprudence |
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| NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS: |
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Part I: Required
Part II: Required
Part III (WCCE): Required
Part IV: Required
Physiotherapy: Required
Acupuncture: Not accepted |
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Reciprocity/Endorsement: Can use now
Reinstatement Lapsed License: Can use now
Disciplinary Cases: Under consideration
Impairment Review: Not planning to use |
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| PHYSIOTHERAPY: Termed Therapeutic Modalities |
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Certification: Included in license
Additional Education: 120 certified classroom hours
Additional Examination: NBCE Physiotherapy
Additional Fee: None
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| EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS |
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Min. # years pre-professional education required for licensure: 2 years |
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Accreditation for Chiropractic Programs/Institutions: Council on Chiropractic Education - Fully accredited status only. |
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SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATES OF FOREIGN COLLEGES:
Must have made application to become a citizen of U.S. Contact board for specific information. |
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SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE:
(Contact State for precise definition by state law)
(1) The definition of chiropractic involves the analysis of any interference with normal nerve transmission and expression, and the procedure preparatory to and complementary to the correction thereof, by an adjustment and/or manipulation of the articulations of the vertebral column and its immediate articulations for the restoration and maintenance of health without the use of drugs or surgery.
(2) The chiropractic adjustment and/or manipulation of the articulations of the human body may include manual adjustments and/or manipulations and adjustments and/or manipulations by means of electrical and mechanical devices which produce traction or vibration. Chiropractors licensed under this (regulatory) chapter may also use in conjunction with adjustments and/or manipulations of the spinal structures electrical therapeutic modalities which induce heat or electrical current beneath the skin, including therapeutic ultrasound, galvanism, diathermy and electromuscular stimulation.
(3) Chiropractors licensed under this (regulatory) chapter may utilize those electric therapeutic modalities described in subsection (2) of this section only after the chiropractor has completed a course of study maintaining a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) hours of instruction in the proper utilization of those procedures in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its successor, and is qualified and so certified in that proper utilization.
(4) Chiropractors shall not prescribe or administer medicine to patients, perform surgery, practice obstetrics or osteopathy, chiropractors shall be authorized to recommend, dispense or sell vitamins or food supplements.
(5) Chiropractors shall not use venipuncture, capillary puncture, acupuncture or any other technique which is invasive of the human body either by penetrating the skin or through any of the orifices of the body or through the use of colonics.
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| OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION: |
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Board regulates specialty council certification: No
Board permits or authorizes travel-to-treat requirements: Yes
Board permits or authorizes telemedicine practices: No
Licensees required to carry malpractice insurance: No
Additional legally accepted terms for chiropractor (in addition to Doctor of Chiropractic, D.C., Chiropractor, Chiropractic Doctor): Terms listed above plus Chiropractic Physician.
Peer Review: No peer review system
Chiropractic Therapy Assistants: Must have 6 hours yearly
Radiological Technologist: 12 hours biennially |
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BOARD MEMBERS / TERMS:
Board handles both licensing and disciplinary functions. |
| David Allen, D.C., Chair, 100 Willow Road, Starkville 39759, Exp. 4/2010 |
| L.A. Norville, Jr., D.C., Vice Chair, 1000 Lakeland Square Ext. Ste. 400, Flowood 29323 Exp. 4/2011 |
| Michael Patterson, D.C., , 110 East End Street, Cleveland 38732 Exp. 4/2009 |
| David Ritch, D.C., PO Box 131, Fulton, MS 38843 Exp. 4/2008 |
| Tim Murphy, D.C., 1990 Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi 39533 Exp. 4/2012 |
| Mary Gayle Armstrong, M.D., Permanent Member, MS State Dept. of Health, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson 39205 |
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| STATISTICAL INFORMATION: Total # of Licensees as of 11/09: 334 |
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Of these licensees, there are:
Active licenses: 334
Inactive licenses: *
New licenses: 0
Resident licenses: 383
Non-Resident licenses: 51
*Information not provided |
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 Updated 1/21/2010
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