CA CHIROPRACTIC LAW EXAM CCLE
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Cost of license
Answer: $371 Application fee
◉ Where can a legal preceding against the California Board of Chiros
be filed?
Answer: Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles
◉ Can you get a California reciprocal license if you are licensed
elsewhere?
Answer: Yes. As long as the qualifications are similar, you'll have to
take one ethics exam, proof of licensure in other state and proof that
license was not revoked and there are no outstanding claims of
unprofessional conduct.
◉ Causes for revoked/suspended license?
Answer: False ID
Felony
False Ad
,Use of drugs that is public safety concern
Say you cure dx
Treat dx
◉ If license is revoked/suspended - how long do you have to wait to
get it re-issued?
Answer: 2 years
◉ When does a license become forfeited?
Answer: 60 days past renewal
◉ How do you renew license after renewal date but before 60 days
has passed?
Answer: Completed application and double renewal fee
◉ When does a license become expired?
Answer: Last day of the birth month of licentiate
◉ When do you receive a renewal notice from the board?
Answer: 60 days prior to due date
◉ What is the license yearly renewal fee?
,Answer: $313
◉ Can a DC sign death certificates?
Answer: Yes, a DC can sign death certificates
◉ Who at the State Board do you contact regarding your license
renewal, renewal notice, application fee and revocation?
Answer: Board Secretary
◉ What is the proper use of the title "doctor" as a chiropractor?
Answer: Must have the word "chiropractor" or D.C. in the name Ex:
Dr. John Smith, D.C. or Dr. John Smith, chiropractor
◉ What parts of the body are w/in the scope of chiropractic?
Answer: Spine
Joints
Muscles
Connective tissue
◉ What additional tools/methods can be used with chiropractic
care?
Answer: Air - cold - diet
, Exercise - heat - light
Massage - physical culture - rest - ultrasound
Water - physical therapy
◉ When is it okay to diagnose using ultrasound?
Answer: When diagnosing NMSK (neuromuscular skeletal)
◉ When is it NOT okay to use ultrasound for txt or dx?
Answer: On a fetus (pregnant uterus)
◉ What can chiropractors use for diagnosis?
Answer: X-ray
Thermography
Ultrasound (NMSK ONLY)
◉ When is it safe to use a laser as part of care plan?
Answer: When the laser is approved by the FDA
◉ When is it okay for a chiro to use/advertise "physical therapy"
Answer: If they have a physical therapy license as well as a
chiropractic license
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Cost of license
Answer: $371 Application fee
◉ Where can a legal preceding against the California Board of Chiros
be filed?
Answer: Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles
◉ Can you get a California reciprocal license if you are licensed
elsewhere?
Answer: Yes. As long as the qualifications are similar, you'll have to
take one ethics exam, proof of licensure in other state and proof that
license was not revoked and there are no outstanding claims of
unprofessional conduct.
◉ Causes for revoked/suspended license?
Answer: False ID
Felony
False Ad
,Use of drugs that is public safety concern
Say you cure dx
Treat dx
◉ If license is revoked/suspended - how long do you have to wait to
get it re-issued?
Answer: 2 years
◉ When does a license become forfeited?
Answer: 60 days past renewal
◉ How do you renew license after renewal date but before 60 days
has passed?
Answer: Completed application and double renewal fee
◉ When does a license become expired?
Answer: Last day of the birth month of licentiate
◉ When do you receive a renewal notice from the board?
Answer: 60 days prior to due date
◉ What is the license yearly renewal fee?
,Answer: $313
◉ Can a DC sign death certificates?
Answer: Yes, a DC can sign death certificates
◉ Who at the State Board do you contact regarding your license
renewal, renewal notice, application fee and revocation?
Answer: Board Secretary
◉ What is the proper use of the title "doctor" as a chiropractor?
Answer: Must have the word "chiropractor" or D.C. in the name Ex:
Dr. John Smith, D.C. or Dr. John Smith, chiropractor
◉ What parts of the body are w/in the scope of chiropractic?
Answer: Spine
Joints
Muscles
Connective tissue
◉ What additional tools/methods can be used with chiropractic
care?
Answer: Air - cold - diet
, Exercise - heat - light
Massage - physical culture - rest - ultrasound
Water - physical therapy
◉ When is it okay to diagnose using ultrasound?
Answer: When diagnosing NMSK (neuromuscular skeletal)
◉ When is it NOT okay to use ultrasound for txt or dx?
Answer: On a fetus (pregnant uterus)
◉ What can chiropractors use for diagnosis?
Answer: X-ray
Thermography
Ultrasound (NMSK ONLY)
◉ When is it safe to use a laser as part of care plan?
Answer: When the laser is approved by the FDA
◉ When is it okay for a chiro to use/advertise "physical therapy"
Answer: If they have a physical therapy license as well as a
chiropractic license
