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Chiropractic LAWS, RULES, and REGULATIONS (focus on
the ****) Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
*********Each licensee shall provide written notification by mail or by electronic means with
confirmation to the Department of a change of address within ______ days Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 30
The application fee shall be _____ which shall be nonrefundable Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $100
**********A license must be renewed every ___ years? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 2
The fee for biennial renewal of a chiropractic license is _______? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $350
The initial licensure fee is? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $350
The fee for inactive status is?
The fee for renewal of an inactive license? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $250 & $250 ($500 total if you let is lapse)
You have to be over the age of ____ to apply for a license? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 18
If graduated before July 1, 2000 graduate must have completed ____ years of college work, after
July 1, 2000, graduate must have _________? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ •3 years (90 credits)
•bachelor's degree
Must pass which NBCE boards?
What is the minimum passing score? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ •I, II, III, IV, PT & FL Laws & Rules
• 375/800
If it's 10 years since graduation before application, applicant must sit for which exam? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic
Applicant will receive notification within ______ working days to applicants who have successfully
completed the requirements. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 5 (Can use written notification shall act as evidence of
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licensure entitling the chiropractic physician to practice for a maximum period of 45 days or until
the licensing fee is received by the department whichever is sooner)
T/F Renewal of license requires a new set of fingerprints. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ True
(Unless it is the first time renewing)
If renewal applicant does not submit documentation and fingerprints after the 30 days since non-
compliance was issued, the fine is ____ per day. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $50
What type of maintained malpractice coverage must a licensee applying for reactivation show
coverage (unless granted an exemption by the board/dept)? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Tail coverage (which
provided liability coverage as of the initial date of state licensure and incidents occurring before the
date the license became inactive)
********Medical Malpractice is known as what in the state of Florida? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Financial
Responsibility
What amount of financial responsibility is a health care practitioner required to carry? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓
An amount sufficient to cover claims that arise out of rendering or failure to render professional
care and services
Who must maintain financial responsibility in the state of Florida? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Actively licensed
chiropractors among other health care professionals (not Certified CA's or Registered CA's)
How often must a licensee complete a 2hr CE course on domestic violence? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Every 3rd
biennial re-licensure or recertification
******When must a health care provider complete at least 3 hr CE course on HIV/AIDS as part of
the biennial re-licensure or recertification? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ No later than the 1st (first) renewal
What CE requirements does a licensee need to meet if their license becomes inactive or retired?
Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ They must meet the same CE requirements as an active licensee for ALL biennial
licensure periods in which the license was inactive/delinquent or retired.
What may be the penalty if a licensee does not meet the CE requirements for the first time? Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ May be a Citation, a Fine, and in a addition a requirement to take (1) one additional hour of CE
for each hour not completed or completed late.
*******How many hours of CE are required by an applicant for the purpose of license renewal?
Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 40 (forty) classroom hours of Chiropractic CE
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Chiropractic LAWS, RULES, and REGULATIONS (focus on
the ****) Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
*********Each licensee shall provide written notification by mail or by electronic means with
confirmation to the Department of a change of address within ______ days Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 30
The application fee shall be _____ which shall be nonrefundable Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $100
**********A license must be renewed every ___ years? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 2
The fee for biennial renewal of a chiropractic license is _______? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $350
The initial licensure fee is? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $350
The fee for inactive status is?
The fee for renewal of an inactive license? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $250 & $250 ($500 total if you let is lapse)
You have to be over the age of ____ to apply for a license? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 18
If graduated before July 1, 2000 graduate must have completed ____ years of college work, after
July 1, 2000, graduate must have _________? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ •3 years (90 credits)
•bachelor's degree
Must pass which NBCE boards?
What is the minimum passing score? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ •I, II, III, IV, PT & FL Laws & Rules
• 375/800
If it's 10 years since graduation before application, applicant must sit for which exam? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Special Purposes Examination for Chiropractic
Applicant will receive notification within ______ working days to applicants who have successfully
completed the requirements. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 5 (Can use written notification shall act as evidence of
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licensure entitling the chiropractic physician to practice for a maximum period of 45 days or until
the licensing fee is received by the department whichever is sooner)
T/F Renewal of license requires a new set of fingerprints. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ True
(Unless it is the first time renewing)
If renewal applicant does not submit documentation and fingerprints after the 30 days since non-
compliance was issued, the fine is ____ per day. Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ $50
What type of maintained malpractice coverage must a licensee applying for reactivation show
coverage (unless granted an exemption by the board/dept)? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Tail coverage (which
provided liability coverage as of the initial date of state licensure and incidents occurring before the
date the license became inactive)
********Medical Malpractice is known as what in the state of Florida? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Financial
Responsibility
What amount of financial responsibility is a health care practitioner required to carry? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓
An amount sufficient to cover claims that arise out of rendering or failure to render professional
care and services
Who must maintain financial responsibility in the state of Florida? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Actively licensed
chiropractors among other health care professionals (not Certified CA's or Registered CA's)
How often must a licensee complete a 2hr CE course on domestic violence? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Every 3rd
biennial re-licensure or recertification
******When must a health care provider complete at least 3 hr CE course on HIV/AIDS as part of
the biennial re-licensure or recertification? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ No later than the 1st (first) renewal
What CE requirements does a licensee need to meet if their license becomes inactive or retired?
Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ They must meet the same CE requirements as an active licensee for ALL biennial
licensure periods in which the license was inactive/delinquent or retired.
What may be the penalty if a licensee does not meet the CE requirements for the first time? Ans: ✓
✓ ✓ May be a Citation, a Fine, and in a addition a requirement to take (1) one additional hour of CE
for each hour not completed or completed late.
*******How many hours of CE are required by an applicant for the purpose of license renewal?
Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 40 (forty) classroom hours of Chiropractic CE
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