SECTION 140:30-3-3. Certified chiropractic assistant examination

(a)   If an application to become a certified chiropractic assistant is approved by the Executive Director pursuant to 140:30-3-2, they must have taken a twelve (12) hour training course approved by the Board before taking the certified chiropractic assistant exam. The Board will review all training courses to ensure that they are sufficient in providing adequate and competent clinical training to the applicant. The applicant will have three (3) opportunities to pass the exam. If the exam is failed three times, the applicant will be required to take another (12) hour course before he or she can retake the exam.

(b)   A nonrefundable examination fee will be charged each time an applicant takes the certified chiropractic assistant examination.

(c)   In order to pass the certified chiropractic examination, the applicant must receive a score of seventy percent (70%) or higher.

(d)   After certification, that certification will remain with the assistant even if the assistant leaves the employment of the supervisory chiropractic physician who employed the assistant at the time of certification.

(e)   If an applicant has a minimum of two thousand (2000) hours of full time employment as a chiropractic assistant employed by a licensed Oklahoma chiropractic physician, that applicant will be exempt from obtaining the twelve (12) hours of training prior to taking the examination the first time as required in paragraph (a) of this section. If the applicant is unable to pass the examination after three attempts, the applicant must, at that time, successfully complete twelve (12) hours of training obtained at an educational program approved by the Board before taking the certified chiropractic assistant examination a fourth time.

(f)   If the applicant has taken and successfully passed the requirements to be certified in the Certified Chiropractic Assistant Program with the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, he or she shall be exempt from having to take the required certified chiropractic assistant examination offered by the Board.

[Source: Added at 30 Ok Reg 2129, eff 8-25-13; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1610, eff 9-11-15; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 857, eff 9-11-17; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 910, eff 9-14-18]