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Sherry Wilson, Board Assistant |
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110 Centerview Drive (Zip 29210)
P.O. Box 11329
Columbia, SC 29211-1329 |
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Phone: (803) 896-4587
Fax: (803) 896-4719
(Do not use FAX for applications) |
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Web address: www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Chiropractors/ |
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E-Mail Address: veronica.reynolds@llr.sc.gov
E-Mail Address: wilsons@llr.sc.gov |
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| Office Hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm; M - F |
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Time Zone: Eastern |
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| Exam Dates: By Mail |
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Application/Transcript Deadline: n/a
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Criminal Background Check: No |
| Exam Fee: $ 150 |
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Require Fingerprinting: No |
| Initial License Fee: Included in exam fee |
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Term: Biennial, Renew by September 30th of even-numbered years |
| License Renewal Fee: $240 |
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| Students: May take board exams if within 90 days of graduation and passed all required National Board Examinations. |
| Preceptor/Intern/Extern Program: No temporary license for graduated D.C. to practice under licensed D.C. |
| Require supervised practice prior to full licensure: No |
| License(s) Required for Practice: Chiropractic |
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| CONTINUING EDUCATION: Accepts PACE |
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Requirements: 36 hours every 2 years. Must include 2 hours in South Carolina rules & regulations and 2 hours of risk management.
Distance Credits Allowed: 18 hours (of the 36) can be distance credits
Program Criteria: South Carolina pre-approved programs only.
Board accepts the uniform continuing education form: Yes, additional requirement for attendance certificate
Board requires risk management to include boundaries training: Yes
Board requires South Carolina rules & regulations training: Yes |
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| CONDITIONS FOR RECIPROCITY/ENDORSEMENT: Requirements are listed on website at www.llr.state.sc.us |
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| EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY STATE: On-line ethics/jurisprudence. |
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| NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS: |
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SPEC: (at discretion of board) |
Part I: Required *
Part II: Required *
Part III (WCCE): Required if graduated after 7/1/87
Part IV: Required if graduated after 7/1/87
Physiotherapy: Accepted; optional
Acupuncture: Accepted |
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Reinstatement Lapsed License: At discretion of board
Disciplinary Cases: At discretion of board
Impairment Review: At discretion of board |
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| PHYSIOTHERAPY: Termed Therapeutic Modalities |
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Certification: Optional endorsement or notation included with chiropractic license
Additional Examination: NBCE Physiotherapy Examination
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| EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS |
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Min. # years pre-professional education required for licensure: 2 years -- 60 semester hours
No requirement for 4-year degree planned |
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Accreditation for Chiropractic Programs/Institutions: Accredited by, or has recognized candidate status, or reciprocal agreement with the Council on Chiropractic Education. |
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SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATES OF FOREIGN COLLEGES:
Contact Board for specific information. |
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SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE:
(Contact State for precise definition by state law)
(1) Limitation of Practice. Committing any act outside the limitation of practice in this State defined as follows: Persons licensed by the Board shall be limited in their practice to the care a performance of therapeutic or hygienic treatment of patients, the performance of such procedures as are normally followed in giving chiropractic physical examinations, the x-ray of patient and such other procedures as are generally used in the practice of chiropractic. Such other procedures as are generally used in the practice of chiropractic shall be limited, however, to the use of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, the adjustment and manipulation of articulations and treatment of inter-segmental disorders for alleviation of related neurological, muscular, and osseous joint complex aberrations. Patient care shall be conducted with due regard for environmental, hygiene, sanitation, rehabilitation, and physiological therapeutic procedures designed to assist in the restoration and maintenance of neurological and osseous integrity. None of these diagnostic or therapeutic procedures shall include the use of drugs, surgery, cauterization, desiccation, or coagulation of tissues, rectal examinations, gynecological examinations, obstetrics, catherization with a needle, injection of dyes for radiological procedures, lumbar puncture to obtain spinal fluid, treatment of cancer or x-ray therapy. |
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| OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION: |
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Board regulates specialty council certification: Practitioners may not advertise or hold themselves out as a specialist or specializing in any activity other than those for which they have received a certification for that specialty from a specialty council approved by the American Chiropractic Association or International Chiropractors Association, or a specialty taught by a chiropractic college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its equivalent specialty board or council or specialty approved by the Board.
Board permits or authorizes travel-to-treat requirements: Contact board for policy
Board permits or authorizes telemedicine practices: At discretion of board
Licensees required to carry malpractice insurance: Law pending - contact board
Additional legally accepted terms for chiropractor (in addition to Doctor of Chiropractic, D.C., Chiropractor, Chiropractic Doctor): Chiropractic Physician
Peer Review: None
Certified Clinical Chiropractic Assistants: No current or planned regulation
Chiropractors defined as Primary Care Physicians: No |
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BOARD MEMBERS / TERMS:
Board handles both licensing and disciplinary functions. |
| Harvey Garcia, D.C., Chair, Exp. 6/2014 |
| Ralph D. Roles, D.C., Vice Chair, Exp. 6/12/2014 |
| Joseph G. Carew, D.C., Exp. 7/12/2012 |
| John R. McGinnis, D.C., Exp. 6/2016 |
| Brian D. Hughes, D.C., Exp. 6/2014 |
| Jeanne McDaniel-Green, D.C., Exp. 6/2014 |
| David H. Mruz, Exp. 7/2016 |
| Richard D. Heavner, Exp. 6/2016 |
| E.J. Mercer, Esq. Consumer, Exp. 6/12/2010 |
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| STATISTICAL INFORMATION: Total # of Licensees as of 12/13: 1,499 |
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Of these licensees, there are:
Active licenses: 1,499
Inactive licenses: n/a
New licenses: 75 (issued in 2012)
Resident licenses: 1,125
Non-Resident licenses: 374
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 Updated 3/6/2013
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