OREGON BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
Licensure Date: 1915

Dave McTeague, Executive Director				Donna Dougan, Administrative Assistant
For Information Contact:
	3218 Pringle Road SE, Suite 150 Salem, OR 97302-6311				Phone: (503) 373-1579 Fax: (503) 362-1260 (Do not use FAX for applications)
	Web Address: www.oregon.gov/OBCE				E-Mail Address: oregon.obce@state.or.us
Office Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; M - F				Time Zone: Pacific
Exam Dates: The OBCE State Board Exam is offered four times a year. The 2013 tentative schedule is:  1/25/2013, 4/26/2013, 7/26/2013, 10/25/2013
Application Deadline: Postmarked 30 days prior to exam dates
Transcript/References Deadline: Postmarked 30 days prior to exam dates
Exam Fee: $ 197.25				Initial License Fee: $ 100
Retake Fee: $ 100 (for each retake of the exam or part)				Criminal Background Check: Yes
Term: Renew annually at birth month				Require Fingerprinting: Yes
License Renewal Fee: Active: $300; Inactive: $175; Senior Active: $225 (60 years or older, 25+ years in practice)
Students: May sit for board exams up to 6 months prior to graduating.
Preceptor/Intern/Extern Program: Senior interns at a chiropractic college, upon the written request of the college's clinic administrator to the Board, and the written approval of the Board, may obtain clinic instruction hours at a licensee's office while under the immediate on-site supervision of a licensed Chiropractic Physician. Interns shall wear name badges identifying them as senior interns and shall not use the title "Doctor."
Require supervised practice prior to full licensure: None
License(s) Required for Practice: Chiropractic
Optional Certification: Minor surgery/proctology; natural childbirth
CONTINUING EDUCATION: Accepts PACE
	Requirements: 20 hours per year; all first time licensees and those changing status from inactive to active must complete 4 hours in over-the-counter non-prescriptive substances; 2 hours related to Evidence-Based Outcomes Management, and any specific courses required by the Board; 6 hours in pain management and/or palliative care, plus an additional one-hour on-line course offered by the Oregon Pain Management Commission; 2 hours boundaries; 2 hours chart and recordkeeping.  Distance Credits Allowed: No limit Program Criteria: All programs are assumed approved as long as the licensee follows the specific criteria set in administrative rule 811-015-0025. Board accepts the uniform continuing education form: n/a Board requires sexual boundaries training: Yes Board requires AIDS awareness / risk prevention training: No Other special areas of specific CE training required: “The Board may require specific courses as part of a chiropractic physician’s annual relicensure hours.” OAR 811-015-0025
CONDITIONS FOR RECIPROCITY/ENDORSEMENT: Contact board.
EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY STATE: Minor surgery, proctology, ethics, jurisprudence, public health, obstetrics, gynecology, and genitourinary
NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS:				SPEC:
Part I: Required (Must have taken after 1/1/71) Part II: Required Part III (WCCE): Required Part IV: Required Physiotherapy: Required Acupuncture: Not accepted				Reciprocity/Endorsement: May use now * Reinstatement Lapsed License: May use now *  Disciplinary Cases: May use now * Impairment Review: Not planning to use *The SPEC exam is accepted on an individual basis, to be determined by the Board.
PHYSIOTHERAPY: Termed Physiotherapy
	Certification: Included in chiropractic license  Additional Education: Must have 120 hours Additional Examination: NBCE Physiotherapy required or equivalent state exam   Additional Fee: None
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
	Min. # years pre-professional education required for licensure: 2 years of Liberal Arts and Sciences 36 hours minor surgery and proctology. No requirement for 4-year degree planned.
	Accreditation for Chiropractic Programs/Institutions: Council on Chiropractic Education standards used on which to base Board approval of individual schools.
	Subjects Examined: Basic sciences, including anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, public health and hygiene. Also clinical subjects including physical diagnosis, differential diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis, theory and practice of chiropractic, nutrition and dietetics, physiotherapy, electrotherapy and hydrotherapy, chiropractic orthopedics.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATES OF FOREIGN COLLEGES:  Must meet Oregon statutory requirements for educational standards. The Board may, at it’s discretion, request foreign transcripts be evaluated by an educational evaluation service. Should the board require evaluation of foreign transcripts, the candidate will be responsible to contact an approved educational evaluation service. Foreign transcripts not official, will be returned to the candidate.
SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE: (Contact State for precise definition by state law) "Chiropractic" is defined as that system of adjusting with the hands the articulations of the bony framework, and the employment and practice of physiotherapy, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy and minor surgery. Includes, chiropractic diagnosis, treatment and prevention of body dysfunctions, correction, maintenance of the structural and functional integrity of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the effects thereof or interferences therewith by the utilization of all recognized and accepted chiropractic diagnostic procedures and the employment of all rational therapeutic measures as taught in approved chiropractic colleges. "Drugs" means all medicines and preparations and all substances, except over-the-counter nonprescription substances, food, water and nutritional supplements taken orally, used or intended to be used for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, mitigation or prevention of diseases or abnormalities of humans, which are recognized in the latest editions of the official United State Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them or otherwise established as drugs. No person practicing under this Chapter shall administer or write prescriptions for, or dispense drugs, practice optometry or naturopathy or do major surgery. "Minor surgery" means the use of electrical or other methods for the surgical repair and care incident thereto of superficial lacerations and abrasions, benign superficial lesions, and the removal of foreign bodies located in the superficial structures; and the use of antiseptics and local anesthetics in connection therewith.
OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION:
	Board regulates specialty council certification: No Board permits or authorizes travel-to-treat requirements: Oregon statute states: “...if that person: (1) is practicing in Oregon on a single, temporary assignment for a specific sporting, performing arts or educational event not to exceed 15 days; and (2) is actively engaged in the practice of chiropractic in the state in which the person is licensed.” ORS 684.107 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, D.C. Peer Review: Separate statutory committee under Board's control. Drs. interviewed by 7 peers, committee reports to Board. Certified Clinical Chiropractic Assistants: Yes (increased initial training from 6 to 12 hours) Chiropractors defined as Primary Care Physicians:  Yes
BOARD MEMBERS / TERMS: Board handles both licensing and disciplinary functions.
Ann Goldeen, D.C., President, 2935 Marine Dr., Ste B, Astoria  98103     Exp. 6/2015
Daniel Cote, D.C., Vice President, 951 N 2nd St., Silverton  97381   Exp. 3/2013
Douglas Dick, Public member, Secretary, PO Box 418, Manzanita 97130 Exp. 7/2014
Huma Pierce, D.C., PO Box 2342, Beaverton  97075    Exp. 2/2013
Todd Bilby, D.C., 970 NW Circle Blvd, Corvallis  97330    Exp. 5/2013
Christine Robinson, D.C., PO Box 1168, Phoenix  97535   Exp. 6/2014
Glenn Taylor, Public Member, c/o OBCE, 3218 Pringle Rd SE, Ste 150, Salem  97302     Exp. 10/2015
STATISTICAL INFORMATION:  Total # of Licensees as of 12/12/2012: 1,852
	Of these licensees, there are: Active licenses: 1,524 Inactive licenses: 328 New licenses: 79 Resident licenses: 1,478 Non-Resident licenses: 374
	Updated 12/18/2012
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