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You practice where a board licenses you, so each answer below is one jurisdiction’s licensing board, and what the entry records on the national examinations, as this directory’s licensure entry for that jurisdiction records them, with the date the entry gives.

Each entry records its other fields for that jurisdiction. The licensure hub lists every jurisdiction this directory documents. For everything this directory holds on one state, see States.

Words you will meet below. A jurisdiction is a state or territory with its own licensing board. NBCE is the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, which develops and runs the standardized examinations used for chiropractic licensure, in numbered parts (its entry; the examinations).

Absence in what we checked is not absence at the board.

How to read each answer. A quotation, set in curly quotation marks with its source beside it, is quoted from the board’s pages or the state’s law. The rest is this directory’s entry, describing what the board publishes.

published the board’s document answers. not-published the documents checked do not answer. unverified the document could not be read, or was not reached; it is not a statement on what the board publishes.

A small label such as College or Council names the body whose own pages that part was taken from.

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Arizona

Licensing body
unverified The name as the board writes it, and the board's own URL, are unverified: the board's site returned HTTP 403 (a Cloudflare challenge page) on 2026-10-05. In A.R.S. 32-900, the defined term Board means the state board of chiropractic examiners.Not reached on 2026-10-05: the board's site, at the address a web search returned for it, including its homepage, its welcome page and its resources-and-forms page (each 403, Cloudflare challenge page), and the site's robots.txt (403, the same challenge page). Read on 2026-10-05: A.R.S. 32-900.Source: https://chiroboard.az.gov/ · https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/00900.htm · checked 2026-10-05

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NBCE parts required
published To be eligible for an examination and licensure, you shall have a certificate of attainment for Part I and Part II and a score of three hundred seventy-five or more on Part III or IV of the examination conducted by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (A.R.S. 32-921(B)(3)). The board may waive examination in those subjects you passed previously, with the percentage of correct answers prescribed in A.R.S. 32-922(D), in an examination conducted by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (A.R.S. 32-922(C)). For licensure by endorsement, you are not required to submit proof of a passing score on Part III or IV (A.R.S. 32-922.03(B)(3)). Any rule-level detail on NBCE parts is unverified: the Secretary of State's administrative code pages returned HTTP 403 (a Cloudflare challenge page) on 2026-10-05.Source: https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/00921.htm · https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/00922.htm · https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/00922-03.htm · checked 2026-10-05

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California

Licensing body
published The Board of Chiropractic Examiners (BCE) regulates chiropractic in California. It was created by an initiative measure approved by the people on November 7, 1922, and came into being on December 21, 1922. The board's homepage states its mission.Source: https://www.chiro.ca.gov/about_us/about_board.shtml · https://www.chiro.ca.gov/ · checked 2026-10-04
  • The Board of Chiropractic Examiners (BCE) regulates the chiropractic profession in California. chiro.ca.gov/about_us/about_board.shtml
  • The BCE was created on December 21, 1922, as the result of an initiative measure approved by the people on November 7, 1922. chiro.ca.gov/about_us/about_board.shtml
  • The mission of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners is to protect the health, welfare, and safety of the public through licensure, education, and enforcement in chiropractic care. chiro.ca.gov/

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NBCE parts required
published If you applied on or after July 1, 1996, the regulations name NBCE Parts I, II, III, IV and Physiotherapy, together with the California Chiropractic Board examination, as the licensure requirement.Source: https://www.chiro.ca.gov/laws_regs/regulations.pdf · checked 2026-10-04
  • The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners examination Parts I, II, III, IV, and Physiotherapy, and the California Chiropractic Board examination shall constitute the California board licensure requirement. chiro.ca.gov/laws_regs/regulations.pdf
  • National Board status means attainment of passing scores on the National Board Parts I, II, III, IV, and Physiotherapy examinations. chiro.ca.gov/laws_regs/regulations.pdf

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Connecticut

Licensing body
published The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Its page sits on the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) portal and links to DPH's Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section for licensure and examination information. That section's page directs you to its profession links for specific licensing requirements, applications, fees, practice acts, rules, regulations and examination dates. Under section 20-25 of the statute, the board shall hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure, adjudicate complaints against practitioners and impose sanctions where appropriate.The board page lists its members by name.Source: https://portal.ct.gov/en/DPH/Public-Health-Hearing-Office/State-Board-of-Chiropractic-Examiners/State-Board-of-Chiropractic-Examiners · https://portal.ct.gov/dph/practitioner-licensing--investigations/plis/practitioner-licensing--investigations-section?language=en_US · https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_372.htm · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published DPH names NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV and the Physiotherapy examination. The statute says the NBCE national board tests may be accepted as the written examination if they include physiotherapy.Source: https://portal.ct.gov/dph/practitioner-licensing--investigations/chiropractor/chiropractic-licensure-requirements · https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_372.htm · checked 2026-10-04

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Florida

Licensing body
published The Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine. Chapter 460, Florida Statutes, creates the board within the Department of Health.Source: https://floridaschiropracticmedicine.gov/ · http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0460/0460.html · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published You need NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV, plus the NBCE Physiotherapy examination. The board's page, Chapter 460 and Rule 64B2-11.001 name the same parts. The rule sets the passing score for each part.Source: https://floridaschiropracticmedicine.gov/chiropractic-physician/ · http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0460/0460.html · https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=0&tid=29052778&type=1&file=64B2-11.001.doc · checked 2026-10-04

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Georgia

Licensing body
published Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners, as the board's rules name it.Source: https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/100-1 · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published If you apply for licensure after January 1, 1998, you need NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV, with a certified score transcript from NBCE. If you graduated between January 1, 1988 and January 1, 1998, you need Parts I, II and III. If you graduated before January 1, 1988, you need Parts I and II. The rule prints the first part as an Arabic numeral, Parts 1, II, III and IV; the next subparagraph prints Parts I, II, III and IV.Source: https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/100-3 · checked 2026-10-04
  • All applicants (initial and re-examination) for licensure, after January 1, 1998, shall submit proof of having successfully passed Parts 1, II, III and IV of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners examination. rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/100-3
  • Any graduate between January 1, 1988, and January 1, 1998, are required to have passed Parts I, II, and III. rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/100-3
  • Applicants who graduated prior to January 1, 1988, are required to have passed Parts I and II. rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/100-3

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Illinois

Licensing body
published The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) issues the license; you apply with the Division of Professional Regulation. IDFPR’s profession page is titled Chiropractic Physician. The Illinois State Medical Board, created by the Medical Practice Act, advises the Department; IDFPR’s board page describes its purpose as advising the Department on the qualifications of applicants for medical licensure in Illinois. Its members include chiropractic physicians.Source: https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/chiropractor.html · https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/boards/statemedboard.html · https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/core/dpr/038-qualifications-for-licensure.pdf · https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012850A00300R.html · https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=1309&ChapterID=24&Chapter=PROFESSIONS,%20OCCUPATIONS,%20AND%20BUSINESS%20OPERATIONS&MajorTopic=REGULATION · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published You need NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV, with a passing score on all four as determined by NBCE. Rule 1285.60 and IDFPR’s qualifications document name no physiotherapy exam. Under rule 1285.60(b)(2), no applicant may have exceeded the NBCE’s maximum number of attempts for any part, so long as that maximum attempt is 5 or less.Rule 1285.70(c)(3), for applicants by examination, cites Section 1285.60(n); rule 1285.60, as published on 2026-10-04, has no subsection (n). The parallel endorsement clause, rule 1285.80(c)(4), cites Section 1285.60(b).Source: https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012850A00600R.html · https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/core/dpr/038-qualifications-for-licensure.pdf · https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012850A00700R.html · https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012850A00800R.html · checked 2026-10-04

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Iowa

Licensing body
published Iowa Board of Chiropractic, a board within the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. The board has its own page, and the department publishes separate chiropractic licensing pages.Source: https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/board-chiropractic · https://dial.iowa.gov/licenses/health-professions/chiropractic · https://dial.iowa.gov/licenses/health-professions/chiropractic/how-do-i-apply-chiropractic-license · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published If you completed your examinations after January 1, 1996, the board requires NBCE Parts I, II, III, IV and Physiotherapy. The rule and the board's application page also set earlier part requirements according to the date the examination was completed. The application page says results must come to the board directly from the NBCE.Source: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/iac/chapter/481.841.pdf · https://dial.iowa.gov/licenses/health-professions/chiropractic/how-do-i-apply-chiropractic-license · checked 2026-10-04

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Kansas

Licensing body
published The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts licenses doctors of chiropractic. Its site lists Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) among the professions it licenses.Source: https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/ · https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/professions/doctor-of-chiropractic-d-c · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published The board's chiropractic application requires NBCE Parts I and II of all applicants. It requires Part III if you graduated after June 1988 and Part IV if you graduated after April 1997. It also requires the NBCE Physiotherapy exam with a score of at least 375, or a chiropractic transcript showing successful completion of Physiotherapy I and II or 120 hours of physiotherapy. K.S.A. 65-2873 names the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners as an issuer of evidence of basic-science proficiency.Source: https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/306/638605235228430000 · https://www.ksrevisor.org/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_028_0073.html · checked 2026-10-04

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Kentucky

Licensing body
published Kentucky Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board's own pages use this name. KRS 312.015(1) names it the Kentucky State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board's homepage links to the Department of Professional Licensing.Source: https://kbce.ky.gov/ · https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30759 · checked 2026-10-04
  • The Kentucky Board of Chiropractic Examiners regulates the practice and licensure of chiropractics in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. kbce.ky.gov/

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NBCE parts required
published You need NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV at the NBCE's recommended passing score, with official NBCE transcripts sent directly to the board. The board's Initial Licensure page and 201 KAR 21:041 and 21:070 name no physiotherapy examination. If you graduated more than four years before applying, you also submit proof of passing the NBCE Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic (SPEC) within the past six months, unless the board accepts proof of active practice under a license in good standing in another state or jurisdiction (201 KAR 21:041 Section 1(2)).Source: https://kbce.ky.gov/newstatic_Info.aspx?static_ID=424 · https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/021/070/ · https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/021/041/ · checked 2026-10-04
  • Each applicant is required to have successfully completed Parts I, II, III and IV of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ examination to obtain licensure in Kentucky. kbce.ky.gov/newstatic_Info.aspx?static_ID=424
  • An applicant for licensure shall hold a National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Certificate of Attainment, which demonstrates that the applicant has passed the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) examination, parts I, II, III, and IV, by the NBCE's recommended passing score. apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/021/070/
  • If the initial applicant graduated from chiropractic school more than four (4) years ago, proof of successfully passing the Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners within the past six (6) months shall be submitted to the board unless the initial applicant submits proof acceptable to the board of active practice under a license in good standing in another state or jurisdiction. apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/021/041/

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Massachusetts

Licensing body
unverified Unverified. The board's site on mass.gov returned HTTP 403 on 5 October 2026, so its name as the board writes it and its own URL are not confirmed. The statute defines the board as the board of registration of chiropractors established by section sixty-four of chapter thirteen, and writes the name in lower case.Read on 2026-10-05: General Laws chapter 112, section 89. Not reached: the board's page and the chiropractic licensing page on mass.gov (both HTTP 403); robots.txt for mass.gov (HTTP 403); General Laws chapter 13, section 64, which establishes the board (the General Laws browse pages load chapter lists by script, and no plain link to it appears on the pages read).Source: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-of-chiropractors · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section89 · checked 2026-10-05

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NBCE parts required
published The statute names the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners in sections 91A and 92 and names no NBCE part by number for licensure. Section 92 says a person certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States may be registered at the discretion of the board upon the payment of a fee and the production to the board of the documents the section names (see Endorsement or reciprocity), and that the board may accept any or all “facts” of that board's examination in lieu of equivalent subjects in the examination required under section 94; “facts” is the word as published. Section 91A requires a student extern to have passed at least 3 of the 4 levels of the NBCE examinations; that condition is for student externs, not for licensure. Which NBCE parts the board itself names is unverified: its pages on mass.gov returned HTTP 403 on 2026-10-05.Source: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section92 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section91A · https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-of-chiropractors · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section89 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section90 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section91 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section93 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section94 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section94A · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section95 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section96 · https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section97 · checked 2026-10-05

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Michigan

Licensing body
unverified Unverified. The board's page on michigan.gov returned HTTP 403 (access denied) on 2026-10-04, so the board's name as the board writes it and the board's own URL are not confirmed. The Public Health Code names the body the Michigan board of chiropractic (MCL 333.16421(1)).Attempted on 2026-10-04: the board's page on michigan.gov, which returned HTTP 403 with an access-denied body.Source: https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bpl/health/hp-lic-health-prof/chiro · https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-368-1978-15-164.pdf · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published For a license by examination, R 338.12034(c) requires proof, as directed by the department, of passing scores on parts I, II, III, and IV of the national board examination conducted and scored by the NBCE, under R 338.12033. R 338.12034 does not name Physiotherapy. The 2025 rule amendment does not carry R 338.12033.Source: https://ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/DownloadFile?FileName=FinalRule%28s%29.pdf&FileType=FinalRule&TransactionID=1462&EffectiveDate=5%2F7%2F2025 · checked 2026-10-04

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Minnesota

Licensing body
published Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners.Source: https://mn.gov/boards/chiropractic-examiners/ · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published The board names NBCE Part I, Part II, Part III, Physiotherapy and Part IV Practical. Rule 2500.0720 names Part I, Part II, the Written Clinical Competency Examination and the Physiotherapy Examination, followed by or other approved licensing examination, and names Part IV Practical or other approved examination.Source: https://mn.gov/boards/chiropractic-examiners/apply/index.jsp · https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=2500.0720 · checked 2026-10-04

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Missouri

Licensing body
published Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, within the Division of Professional Registration.Source: https://pr.mo.gov/chiropractors-about.asp · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published Rule 20 CSR 2070-2.040 names NBCE Parts I, II, III, IV and physiotherapy, and adopts NBCE's passing scores. The board's application instructions name the same parts if you have never been licensed in another state. For licensure by examination, the statute requires all required and optional parts of the NBCE written examination. If you apply by reciprocity, the instructions set conditions under which the board may, in its discretion, require the SPEC (see the reciprocity field).Source: https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2070-2.pdf · https://pr.mo.gov/boards/chiropractic/applicationinstructions.pdf · http://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=331.030 · checked 2026-10-04

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Nebraska

Licensing body
published The Chiropractic Practice Act names the Board of Chiropractic. Licensing is administered by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Licensure Unit (Office of Rehabilitation & Community Services). If you practice chiropractic in Nebraska, you must be licensed as a chiropractor unless the exception in section 38-806 applies to you.Source: https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Chiropractic.aspx · https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/Chiropractic.pdf · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published The act names NBCE Parts I, II, III, IV and physiotherapy as one of two routes. The other route is an examination approved by the Board of Chiropractic. The application instructions ask for official documentation of your NBCE scores, and the application states a scaled score of at least 375 in each part. If you passed the examination more than three years before you apply and are not practicing when you apply, the act requires proof of continuing competency requirements approved by the board, completed within the three years before you apply. For an applicant who applies more than three years after passing the examination and is not practicing in another jurisdiction, the application requires the NBCE Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic (SPEC) with a scaled score of at least 375 within three years of applying. For applicants licensed in another jurisdiction, the application also states a route through Parts I, II and physiotherapy together with the SPEC (see Endorsement or reciprocity).Source: https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/Chiropractic.pdf · https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/chiroapp.pdf · checked 2026-10-04
  • pass an examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners which consists of Parts I, II, III, IV, and physiotherapy dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/Chiropractic.pdf
  • Examination: Official documentation of scores on the NBCE examination. dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/chiroapp.pdf
  • An applicant for licensure to practice chiropractic who has met the education and examination requirements in section 38-807, who passed the examination more than three years prior to the time of application for licensure, and who is not practicing at the time of application for licensure shall present proof satisfactory to the department that he or she has within the three years immediately preceding the application for licensure completed continuing competency requirements approved by the board pursuant to section 38-145. dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/Chiropractic.pdf
  • An applicant who applies for licensure no more than three years after passing the examination must have met the requirements for licensure by passing Parts I, II, III, IV, and physiotherapy of the examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) with a scaled score of at least 375 in each part. dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/chiroapp.pdf
  • An applicant who applies more than three years after passing the examination and is not practicing in another jurisdiction at the time of application must have met the requirements for licensure by passing Parts I, II, III, IV, and physiotherapy of the examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/chiroapp.pdf
  • must successfully pass the Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic (SPEC) with a scaled score of at least 375 within three years of applying for licensure. dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/chiroapp.pdf

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New York

Licensing body
published The State Board for Chiropractic, within the New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions. Under the statute, the Board of Regents appoints the board to assist the Regents and the department on licensing and professional conduct. For the procedure to withdraw your application, the department's requirements page directs you to the Chiropractic Unit by email, telephone or fax. Practice and continuing-education questions go to the State Board for Chiropractic at 89 Washington Avenue, Albany.Source: https://www.op.nysed.gov/chiropractic · https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/chiropractic/contact-information · https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/chiropractic/laws-rules-regulations/article-132 · https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/chiropractic/license-requirements · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published You need NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV. The department states that the NBCE Physiotherapy subject is not required. If you apply by endorsement, you must have passed Parts I and II; where Parts III and IV were not completed, the department may accept one of the alternatives under Endorsement or reciprocity.Source: https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/chiropractic/license-requirements · checked 2026-10-04

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North Carolina

Licensing body
published The board's website heads itself North Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Its page footer and the statute use North Carolina State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.Source: https://ncchiroboard.com/ · https://ncchiroboard.com/about-the-board/ · http://www.ncleg.net/Enactedlegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_8.html · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published Except as its Paragraph (f) provides, Rule 21 NCAC 10 .0203(d) requires an applicant who has never been licensed in North Carolina or who is not a reciprocity applicant to first achieve a score of 375 or higher on NBCE Parts I-IV and the Physiotherapy examination before taking the North Carolina examination. The board's application page says passing scores on Part I, II, III, IV and Physiotherapy are required. Paragraph (f) sets a waiver schedule by graduation date. If you graduated from chiropractic college between July 1, 1966 and June 30, 1986, you are required to submit scores of 375 or higher on Part I, Part II and the elective Physiotherapy examination, and are not required to submit a score on Part III or Part IV. If you graduated between July 1, 1986 and June 30, 1997, you are required to submit scores of 375 or higher on Part I, Part II, Physiotherapy and Part III, and are not required to submit a score on Part IV. To receive a license, a waiver applicant shall take and pass the Special Purpose Examination for Chiropractic (SPEC) and the North Carolina Examination. The SPEC is administered by the NBCE, and its passing score shall be 375 or higher. Under Rule .0203(g), these applicants must first take and pass the SPEC before taking the North Carolina examination: a reciprocity applicant; a waiver applicant; and an applicant previously licensed in North Carolina whose active license has lapsed for more than 180 days, unless the exception in .0203(g)(3) applies. Reciprocity and waiver applicants who have achieved 375 or higher on Part IV shall not be required to take and pass the SPEC. The board's FAQ says reciprocity candidates are required to pass the SPEC with a score of 375 or higher, and does not state the Part IV exception. The FAQ also states the NBCE parts for graduates from 7/1/1997 to the present.The FAQ's line for graduates from 7/1/1997 sets (including physiotherapy) after Part III. Rule .0203(d) names the Physiotherapy examination separately from Parts I-IV.Source: http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2021%20-%20occupational%20licensing%20boards%20and%20commissions/chapter%2010%20-%20chiropractic%20examiners/chapter%2010%20rules.pdf · https://ncchiroboard.com/doctor-of-chiropractic/ · https://ncchiroboard.com/faqs/ · http://www.ncleg.net/Enactedlegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_8.html · checked 2026-10-04

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Ohio

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unverified Unverified. The board's own website could not be read: on 2026-10-04 each address tried returned HTTP 404, and https://chirobd.ohio.gov/ returned HTTP 404 again on 2026-10-09, so the board's name as the board writes it and the board's own URL are not confirmed.Source: https://chirobd.ohio.gov/ · https://chirobd.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/chr/help-center/contact-us · http://www.chirobd.ohio.gov · checked 2026-10-09

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NBCE parts required
unverified Unverified. Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4734 and the Ohio Administrative Code are published at codes.ohio.gov, whose robots.txt disallows every crawler. The legislature's laws page links to codes.ohio.gov for both, and the board's website returned HTTP 404 on 9 October 2026.Source: https://codes.ohio.gov/robots.txt · https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/laws · https://chirobd.ohio.gov/ · checked 2026-10-09

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Oregon

Licensing body
published Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners (OBCE). The statute names the body State Board of Chiropractic Examiners in the heading of ORS 684.130. The board's own site uses Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners.Source: https://www.oregon.gov/obce/pages/index.aspx · https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors684.html · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published The board's Applicant's Guide lists NBCE Part I, Part II, Part III (minimum score 375), Part IV (minimum score 375) and Physiotherapy. Parts III and IV each carry a reciprocity exemption. The statute names Part I, taken after January 1, 1971. The Guide requires the Part IV transcript before licensure but not before approval for the State Specific Exams.Source: https://www.oregon.gov/obce/Documents/Archive/ADA%20Archived%20Docs/DC%20Applicant%27s%20Guide.pdf · https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors684.html · checked 2026-10-04

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Pennsylvania

Licensing body
published State Board of Chiropractic. The act establishes it within the Department of State. Its pages sit under the Department of State's Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs. The board also certifies qualified licensees to use adjunctive procedures.Source: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/chiropractic · https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information/view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published The board's snapshot page states that you must pass Parts I, II, III and IV of the National Board Examination. Act section 502(e) grants a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of the act and achieves either of two scores, one of which includes a passing score on the written examination administered by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners; see State-specific exam.Source: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/chiropractic/chiropractor-licensure-snapshot · https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information/view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=1986&ActNum=0188.&SessInd=0 · checked 2026-10-04

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Puerto Rico

Licensing body
published Junta Examinadora de Quiroprácticos, as the board's page titles it; the law names it the Junta Examinadora de Quiroprácticos de Puerto Rico. The board's examination application, published in English, uses the name Puerto Rico Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board's page sits on the Puerto Rico Department of Health's site. You renew a license or request a certificate of good standing through the Department's Oficina de Reglamentación y Certificación de los Profesionales de la Salud (ORCPS) portal. The board's pages are in Spanish; the examination application is in English.Source: https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/354 · https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/5355 · https://orcps.salud.pr.gov · https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/6251 · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published The board's examination application, in English, asks for an NBCE transcript of Parts I, II, III and IV, and of PT and Acupuncture “if taken”. The law does not name the NBCE. Reglamento General 9303 is published by the board as a scanned image with no text layer (checked 2026-10-04).Source: https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/6251 · https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/5355 · checked 2026-10-04

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South Carolina

Licensing body
published South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners, part of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.Source: https://llr.sc.gov/chiro/ · https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c009.php · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
published If you graduated on or after January 1, 1997, you need NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV at the NBCE recommended passing score, and you must pass them before you apply. Earlier graduates have different requirements, by graduation date. Regulation 25-2 A(3)(a) says that if you graduated before July 1, 1987, you need Parts I and II and/or a board-approved exam such as SPEC or Part IV. The board's Licensure page gives two versions: its requirements list says such graduates must have passed Parts I and II and/or pass an examination approved by the Board, and its Examination section says they must have passed Parts I and II and passed a practical examination approved by the Board. If you graduated from July 1, 1987 to before January 1, 1997, you need Parts I, II and III plus a board-approved practical exam such as SPEC or Part IV. Regulation 25-5 E also names the NBCE physiotherapy exam, as a condition of using therapeutic modalities. Chiropractors licensed in South Carolina before June 1, 1986, are exempt from that exam.Source: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2025.pdf · https://llr.sc.gov/chiro/licensure.aspx · checked 2026-10-04
  • Applicants graduating from a chiropractic college on or after January 1, 1997, must have passed Parts I, II, III, and IV with the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) recommended passing score. scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2025.pdf
  • Applicants graduating from a Chiropractic College on or after January 1, 1997, must have passed Parts I, II, III, and IV with the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) recommended passing score. llr.sc.gov/chiro/licensure.aspx
  • Must have completed and passed all required parts of the National Board examinations prior to application for the South Carolina examination. llr.sc.gov/chiro/licensure.aspx
  • Usage of therapeutic modalities is permitted only by those chiropractors who have passed the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) physiotherapy exam or a substantially equivalent future NBCE examination. scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2025.pdf
  • Chiropractors licensed in South Carolina prior to June 1, 1986, are exempt from this examination. scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2025.pdf

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Tennessee

Licensing body
published The Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board's contact block and its application form use this name. Its homepage is titled Tennessee Department of Health Board of Chiropractic Examiners and calls itself Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The board was created in 1923 by an act of the State Legislature. The board's homepage states: The administrative staff of the Division of Health Related Boards supports the Board by issuing licenses to those who meet the requirements of the law and rules. The 2017 rules filing the board hosts names it Board of Chiropractic Examiners.Source: https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/ceb.html · https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/7039_as_signed_by_Secretary.pdf · https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/DC_Online_Application.FINAL_DRAFT.pdf · checked 2026-10-05

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NBCE parts required
published You need proof of completion of the National Chiropractic Board Examination with a minimum grade of 375 on Parts I, II, III, IV, and Physiotherapy, verified directly from the National Board to the board's office. The reciprocity checklist repeats the same list. If you hold a valid unrestricted license to practice, or have practiced, in another state or other regulated jurisdiction for at least two full years but have not taken or passed Part IV, you must show successful completion of the SPEC (see Reciprocity). If you practice acupuncture, Rule 0260-02-.02(4) requires the NBCE Acupuncture Exam (see Scope: what is included).Source: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/DC_Online_Application.FINAL_DRAFT.pdf · https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/7039_as_signed_by_Secretary.pdf · checked 2026-10-05

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Texas

Licensing body
published The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, as Texas Occupations Code chapter 201 defines the board.tbce.texas.gov disallows all crawlers other than archive.org_bot in its robots.txt, and www.tbce.state.tx.us serves the same robots.txt.Source: https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/OC/htm/OC.201.htm · https://tbce.texas.gov/robots.txt · https://www.tbce.state.tx.us/robots.txt · checked 2026-10-04

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NBCE parts required
unverified For a license by examination, the statute requires you to pass the required and optional parts of the examination given by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, as required by and under conditions established by board rule. The statute names no parts. The board rule that names them is unverified: on 2026-10-04, tbce.texas.gov's robots.txt disallowed all crawlers other than archive.org_bot, and a rule page in the Secretary of State's Texas Administrative Code viewer served no rule text to automated requests, its data request returning HTTP 406.Read on 2026-10-04: Texas Occupations Code section 201.304(a)(1). Attempted on 2026-10-04: tbce.texas.gov disallows all crawlers other than archive.org_bot in its robots.txt; in the Secretary of State's Texas Administrative Code viewer, the index and one rule page, each of which returned a script-only page with no rule text, that page's data request returning HTTP 406.Source: https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/OC/htm/OC.201.htm · https://tbce.texas.gov/robots.txt · checked 2026-10-04

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Virginia

Licensing body
published Virginia Board of Medicine, the name the board uses on its own site. The board sits within the Virginia Department of Health Professions. The Code of Virginia names it the Board of Medicine (§ 54.1-2900 and § 54.1-2929). The board licenses several professions; chiropractic is one of them.Source: https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Medicine/ · https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter29/section54.1-2900/ · https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter29/section54.1-2929/ · checked 2026-10-05

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NBCE parts required
published 18VAC85-20-140 D sets the NBCE parts by graduation date. It states that a doctor of chiropractic who has met the requirements of one of the following may be accepted for licensure. If you graduated after January 31, 1996, you shall document successful completion of Parts I through IV. If you graduated from January 31, 1991, to January 31, 1996, you shall document successful completion of Parts I, II, and III. If you graduated from July 1, 1965, to January 31, 1991, you shall document successful completion of Parts I, II, and III, or Parts I and II and the Special Purpose Examination for Chiropractic (SPEC), and document evidence of licensure in another state for at least two years immediately preceding application. If you graduated before July 1, 1965, you shall document successful completion of the SPEC and document evidence of licensure in another state for at least two years immediately preceding application. The statute states that the examination of chiropractic candidates shall include the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Examinations and such other examinations as determined by the Board (§ 54.1-2931 B). The board's Chiropractor page asks applicants to request from the NBCE a certified copy of grades on the National Board examination or the SPEC.The regulation writes Parts I through IV; the board's instructions (revised 01/25) write Parts I, II, III, and IV and have no comma after 1996.Source: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincodefull/title18/agency85/chapter20/partIV/ · https://www.license.dhp.virginia.gov/apply/Forms/medicine/Chiro_instruct_forms.pdf · https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter29/section54.1-2931/ · https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Medicine/ApplicantResources/ApplyforLicense/Chiropractor/ · checked 2026-10-05

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Washington

Licensing body
published Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission (CQAC), as the commission writes its name on its own pages. RCW 18.25.0151 and RCW 18.25.006(4) name it the Washington state chiropractic quality assurance commission; WAC 246-808-010 names it the chiropractic quality assurance commission. Its pages sit on the Washington State Department of Health site, and it states that it works with the Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance. It is a commission, not a board.Source: https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/professions-new-renew-or-update/chiropractor-chiropractic-x-ray-technician/commission-information · https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.25&full=true · https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=246-808&full=true · checked 2026-10-05

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NBCE parts required
published NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV. The rule makes passing them a condition of eligibility for licensure and of eligibility to take the commission administered examination, and requires an official certificate of proficiency sent directly to the commission from the NBCE (WAC 246-808-105(1)(b), (2)(e); WAC 246-808-115(1)). The commission's License Requirements page names the same parts. The statute lets the commission, in its discretion, waive any examination the chapter requires if, in its opinion, the applicant has successfully passed an NBCE examination of equal or greater difficulty than the examination being waived (RCW 18.25.035), and says the commission may enact additional requirements for testing administered by the NBCE (RCW 18.25.030). On reactivation, a chiropractor whose license has been expired for three years or more and who does not have an active license under the laws of any other state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or province of Canada must pass the NBCE Special Purposes Examination of Chiropractic (WAC 246-808-180(2)(b)(iii)).Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=246-808&full=true · https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/professions-new-renew-or-update/chiropractor-chiropractic-x-ray-technician/license-requirements · https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.25&full=true · checked 2026-10-05

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