NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
Licensure Date: N/A

Lisa Tadeo, Executive Director			Dinis Pinto - Staff Sonya Liverpool - Staff
For Information Contact:
	124 Halsey Street - zip 07102 P.O. Box 45004 Newark, NJ 07101			Phone: (973) 504-6395  Fax: (973) 273-8075  (Do not use FAX for applications)
	Web address: www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/chiro			E-Mail: Tadeol@dca.lps.state.nj.us
Office Hours: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm; M - F			Time Zone: Eastern
Application/Transcript Deadline: Rolling			Application Fee: $ 125
Endorsement Fee: $ 75			Verification Fee: $40
Initial License Fee: $ 350 / biennial; $175 in second year of biennial			License Renewal Fee: $ 350
Criminal Background Check: Yes – $78 fee			Require Fingerprinting: Yes
Term: Biennially, by August 31st of odd-numbered years
Preceptor/Intern/Extern Program: Students may function under licensed D.C. but may not perform any chiropractic procedures. No temporary license for graduated D.C. to practice under licensed D.C. Regulation on chiropractic assistants apply.
Require supervised practice prior to full licensure: Contact Board
License(s) Required for Practice: Chiropractic
Optional Certification: Electro-Diagnostics – $50 fee
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
	Requirements: 30 credits during each licensing period Distance Credits Allowed: Yes, but nor more than 12 credits per licensing period Program Criteria: Must be approved by the NJ Board Board accepts the uniform continuing education form: Yes Board requires sexual boundaries training: No Board requires AIDS awareness / risk prevention training: No Other special areas of specific CE training required: Yes -- 2 credits in nutrition and 2 credits in ethics, record keeping or NJ Law
CONDITIONS FOR ENDORSEMENT: No one obtains chiropractic licensure without successfully passing an acceptable sister-state examination. Endorsement Fee $75; Application Fee $125 + Initial license Fee. New Jersey doesn't offer reciprocity. Applicants also required to successfully complete Jurisprudence exam and undergo criminal history record check.
EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY STATE: All applicants are required to complete the on-line new licensee orientation and jurisprudence examination - $50 fee.
NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS:			SPEC:
Part I: Required Part II: Required  Part III (WCCE): Required Part IV: Required Physiotherapy: Not accepted Acupuncture: Not accepted			Reciprocity/Endorsement: Not planning to use Reinstatement Lapsed License: Yes, if lapsed more than 5 yrs Disciplinary Cases: At Board's discretion  Impairment Review: At Board's discretion
PHYSIOTHERAPY: Termed Limited Physical Modalities
	Certification: Included in chiropractic license as in conjunction with a chiropractic adjustment Additional Education: No specific requirements Additional Examination: None Additional Fee: None
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
	Min. # years pre-professional education required for licensure: 2 years - Candidate must obtain pre-chiropractic education qualifying certificate from NJ Dept. of Education.  No requirement for 4-year degree planned.
	Accreditation for Chiropractic Programs/Institutions: NJ accepts any individual who has graduated from a school, institution or college of chiropractic which was approved during the individual’s entire course of study by the board, and accredited by the Council of Chiropractic Education, or the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association, or other accrediting agency approved by the US Department of Education.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATES OF FOREIGN COLLEGES:     School must be approved by Board (Currently accepting Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.)
SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE: (Contact State for precise definition by state law) Refer to N.J.A.C. 13:44E-1.1:  The practice of chiropractic means a philosophy science and healing art concerned with the restoration and preservation of health and wellness through the promotion of well-being, prevention of disease, and promotion and support of the inherent or innate recuperative abilities of the body. The practice of chiropractic includes the reduction of chiropractic subluxation and the examination, diagnosis, analysis, assessment, systems of adjustments, manipulation and treatment of the articulations and soft tissue of the body. It is within the lawful scope of the practice of chiropractic to diagnose, adjust and treat the articulations of the spinal column and other joints, articulations and soft tissue and to order and administer physical modalities and therapeutic, rehabilitative and strengthening exercises.
OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION:
	Board regulates specialty council certification: no Board permits or authorizes travel-to-treat requirements: no Board permits or authorizes telemedicine practices: no Licensees required to carry malpractice insurance: no Additionally legally accepted terms for chiropractor (in addition to Doctor of Chiropractic, D.C., Chiropractor, Chiropractic Doctor): Chiropractic Physician Peer Review: no information available Certified Clinical Chiropractic Assistants: limitations defined by regulation. Chiropractors defined as Primary Care Physicians:  No
BOARD MEMBERS (3-year terms):
Albert Stabile, Jr. D.C., President, 381 Park Street, Suite 2A, Hackensack 08601
Lawrence O'Connor, D.C., Vice President, 30 Harrington Avenue, Westwood  07675-1822
David Allen, D.C., Treasurer
James Winters, D.C., Secretary
Michael Krouse, D.C., 458 Route 206 North, Bedminster 07921
Michael Spadafino, D.C., 281 Summerhill Road, East Brunswick 08816-4270
John Traier, Public Member, Treasurer, 15 East Parkway, Clifton 07014
Rosemary Calio, R.N., D.C., The Pavilions at Greentree, Ste. 109, Route 732, Marlton 08053
Thomas Anthony Senatore, Sr., D.C., 86 Plymouth Street, Fairfield 07006
STATISTICAL INFORMATION:  Total # of Licensees as of 11/29/2011: *
	Of these licensees, there are: Active licenses: 3,215 Inactive licenses: 729 New licenses: 71 (YTD) Resident licenses:  * Non-Resident licenses:  *  *Information not provided
	Updated 2/21/2013
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