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Interjurisdictional Mobility

At our conference last month, an important topic and resolution was presented to the FCLB delegates during the Annual Business Meeting. This passed without opposition and is enclosed.

The Federation is built on a foundation of public protection by establishing more uniform chiropractic standards. When "seasoned" practitioners seek to relocate, they are sometimes confronted by credentialing obstacles from testing requirements which were not in place at the time of their original licensure. Our Interjurisdictional Mobility Committee has researched and proposed more uniform guidelines to ease the burden on both professionals and regulatory boards.

Please take the time to review and discuss this resolution with your individual licensing board. It is our hope that your board considers adopting or referencing this concept in an effort to allow for mobility of chiropractic licensure. Boards in Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Alaska have already made significant progress in this area. Please feel free to contact the FCLB board or staff regarding questions, concerns, or comments on this issue. Additional information on future goals of the committee will be addressed in the FCLB Regulatory Relay.

RESOLUTION # 2
of the
Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards

Submitted for Consideration
by
FCLB Interjurisdictional Mobility Committee
San Antonio, Texas
April 7, 2001

Interjurisdictional Mobility

WHEREAS there exists an inherent need for doctors of chiropractic to be able to relocate their practices, a privilege hereby referred to as "interjurisdictional mobility;" and

WHEREAS numerous jurisdictions have statutory restrictions in their language that require certain educational and testing requirements that arose in relative recent history; and

WHEREAS these statutory changes occurred after many doctors were already licensed and in practice; and,

WHEREAS these established doctors were therefore, and by definition, not required to have met these newer requirements; and

WHEREAS these changes have prevented these doctors from exercising interjurisdictional mobility; now therefore be it

RESOLVED,

That the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards recommend the following mutual guidelines be followed by member boards as a first step in the ongoing quest for unification of interjurisdictional mobility of licensure:

1. Applicant shall be in active practice for the five years immediately preceding the date of application. This will allow the board to evaluate the applicant's most recent practice performance.
   
   

2. Applicant shall provide full disclosure to facilitate the investigative process. Such process shall result in a clean practice record as evidenced by CIN-BAD, and malpractice carriers.
   
   

3. Applicant may be required to comply with the jurisprudence assessment of the jurisdiction to which he/she is applying for licensure*.
   
   

4. Applicants who do not fulfill the above qualifications may be required to appear before the board for a personal interview. In addition, they may also be required to pass an appropriate examination (i.e., the Special Purpose Examination for Chiropractic).
   
   

5. Utilization of the standard FCLB Interjurisdictional Mobility form is recommended.
   
   

6. The individual Licensing Board shall set its own application fee.

* Original resolution amended in section number three to strike out "pass the specific jurisprudence examination..."

Passed, no opposition 4/7/01

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