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Puerto Rico

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

Licensure

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
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
State-specific exam
published The board announces a jurisprudence exam. A notice from the board, in Spanish, is headed CONVOCATORIA A EXAMEN DE JURISPRUDENCIA (our translation: call for the jurisprudence examination), sets the exam for August 21, 2026, and states that it is administered by computer. The law, also in Spanish, directs the board to hold exams at least once a year covering, without limitation, anatomy, physiology, chemistry, bacteriology, pathology, hygiene and chiropractic analysis (our translation).The board's page links the Department of Health's public-notices page, which links the notice. The public-notices page returns HTTP status 404 while serving its content (checked 2026-10-04); the notice itself returns 200.Source: http://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/10697 · https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/5355 · checked 2026-10-04
Jurisprudence requirement
published The board announces a jurisprudence exam for chiropractors, administered by computer (notice in Spanish; see State-specific exam). The board's license-renewal sheet also lists three hours of continuing education in ethics and jurisprudence (see Continuing education). The board lists Reglamento General 9303 and Resolución 2025-59, on admission to examination, among its rules. Reglamento General 9303 is published by the board as a scanned image with no text layer, and Resolución 2025-59 is published by the board as a scanned image whose text layer is machine-read (OCR) (checked 2026-10-04).Source: http://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/10697 · https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/DOWNLOAD/7300 · https://www.salud.pr.gov/CMS/354 · checked 2026-10-04

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State associations

Asociación de Quiroprácticos de Puerto Rico

What it says it is for
published Promulgar y avanzar el arte, la ciencia y la filosofía de la profesión quiropráctica.Source: https://asociacionquiropracticos.com/que-es-la-aqpr/ · Checked 2026-09-21

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Programs in Puerto Rico

Pathways from Puerto Rico

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

Corrections to entries on this page

None.

Sources

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