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

Licensure

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
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
State-specific exam
published An examination for license whose nature the commission shall prepare or determine (RCW 18.25.0171), and which shall be developed and administered, or approved, or both, by the commission (RCW 18.25.030). The act says the commission may approve an examination prepared or administered by a private testing agency or association of licensing authorities, lists subjects the examination may include, and says the commission shall set the standards for passing; it does not name the examination. Under RCW 18.25.035, the commission may, in its discretion, waive any examination the chapter requires if, in its opinion, you have successfully passed an NBCE examination of equal or greater difficulty than the examination being waived. WAC 246-808-115(1) refers to the commission administered examination, for which passing NBCE Parts I, II, III and IV is a condition of eligibility, and does not name it. WAC 246-808-115(2) and (3) separately require all applicants to pass the open book written jurisprudence examination, with a minimum passing score of 95 percent (see Jurisprudence requirement). In its chiropractor section, the commission's License Requirements page names the NBCE parts under the heading National Examination Requirements, and, under the heading Jurisprudence (JP) Exam, an open book written examination it calls the state JP exam, mailed to you once your application and fee are received, which you must complete and return to the commission within 30 days, with a passing score of 95 percent; it names no other examination for chiropractor licensure. Neither the rule nor the commission's page says whether the commission administered examination is the state JP exam or a different exam.Source: 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/wac/default.aspx?cite=246-808&full=true · https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.25&full=true · checked 2026-10-05
Jurisprudence requirement
published Yes. All applicants shall pass the open book written jurisprudence examination, with a minimum passing score of 95 percent (WAC 246-808-115(2), (3)). Applicants by endorsement must show evidence of passing an open book written jurisprudence examination with a minimum passing score of ninety-five percent (WAC 246-808-135(3)(f)). The commission's page says the exam is mailed to you once your application and fee are received, and you must complete it and return it to the commission within 30 days. The commission publishes a page of RCW and WAC references for the exam. A regular senior student must pass an open book written jurisprudence examination approved by the commission before administering a chiropractic adjustment (RCW 18.25.190(2)). Passing the jurisprudence examination is also a condition of returning to active status from an inactive credential (WAC 246-808-181) and of reactivating some expired licenses (WAC 246-808-180(2)).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://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/professions-new-renew-or-update/chiropractor-chiropractic-x-ray-technician/chiropractic-jurisprudence-exam-rcw-and-wac-references · checked 2026-10-05

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State associations

Washington State Chiropractic Association

What it says it is for
published Helping Chiropractors Help PatientsSource: https://chirohealth.org/about-wsca/ · Checked 2026-09-21

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Programs in Washington

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

Pathways from Washington

The articulation census holds no agreement at an institution it places in Washington. Absence in what we checked is not absence at the institutions.

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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