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These are the entries this site holds for North Carolina in its licensure, state association, program and pathway layers. Follow each section’s link to read the full entries.

Licensure

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
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
State-specific exam
published An examination for licensure that G.S. 90-143(b) makes it the board's duty to give to the applicants that subsection describes (see Degree requirement), and that the statute says shall include the studies it lists, among them North Carolina jurisprudence. The statute says the board may include as part of the examination any examination developed and administered by the NBCE or its successor organization that the board considers appropriate, that the examination may be administered by a national testing service, and that the board shall set the passing scores for all parts of the examination. Under G.S. 90-143(d) the board may grant you a license if your scores on all parts of the examination required by the board equal or exceed the passing scores it sets and you satisfy all other requirements for licensure in the Article. The board's rules call it the North Carolina examination set forth in G.S. 90-143(b), in Rule 21 NCAC 10 .0203(a), a rule titled NORTH CAROLINA EXAMINATION. Paragraph (h) of that rule, headed Nature of Examination, describes the North Carolina jurisprudence examination, a test of North Carolina chiropractic law and regulations with a passing grade of 75 percent. The board's FAQ answers When can I take the Board examination for licensure? with the North Carolina Jurisprudence exam, and says the SPEC is not accepted in place of the State exam. Neither G.S. 90-143, Rule .0203 nor the board's FAQ states in so many words that the North Carolina examination and the jurisprudence examination are one exam, or says which examination covers the studies G.S. 90-143(b) lists other than North Carolina jurisprudence.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/faqs/ · http://www.ncleg.net/Enactedlegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_90/Article_8.html · checked 2026-10-04
Jurisprudence requirement
published Yes. Under Rule 21 NCAC 10 .0203(h), the North Carolina jurisprudence examination tests your knowledge of North Carolina chiropractic law and regulations, and the passing grade shall be 75 percent. Rule .0203(c) says it shall be given at least four times during the calendar year. The board's application page says that once all required application documents have been received and processed, you are granted access to an online Jurisprudence Presentation and Exam, and that you will not be allowed to take the exam until all documents, including the SBI background check, have been received and processed. The board's FAQ says an online Jurisprudence Review Course is provided first. Reciprocity applicants shall pass the jurisprudence exam (Rule .0203(b)(3)); the board's Reciprocity page says reciprocity candidates from the states it names will need to pass it. Separately, the board's application page lists a Certification of Reading the General Statutes of NC.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/ · https://ncchiroboard.com/reciprocity-candidates/ · checked 2026-10-04

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State associations

North Carolina Chiropractic Association

What it says it is for
published The North Carolina Chiropractic Association is a professional service organization whose mission is to promote, protect, educate and advocate for chiropractic in North Carolina.Source: https://ncchiro.org/ · Checked 2026-09-21

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Programs in North Carolina

We found no Doctor of Chiropractic program located in North Carolina. Programs in neighboring states are listed on the programs page.

Pathways from North Carolina

Institutions whose source publishes no state are on no state page. The pathway lookup lists them.

Corrections to entries on this page

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Sources

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