Section 17-4805. DISTRICT EXAMINATION

 

4805.1   To qualify for a license under this chapter, an applicant, without exception shall receive a passing score on the District examination.  The examination shall consist of written and/or oral tests on scope of practice, medical ethics and District law.

 

4805.2[REPEALED].

 

4805.3An applicant shall pass all parts of the national examination to be eligible to take the District examination, except as specified in Subsection 4803.1.

 

4805.4  The District examination may include questions on the following:

  

(a)  The District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1201.01 et seq. (2007 Repl.));

 

 (b)  Title 17, Chapter 48 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations;

 

 (c)  Title 17, Chapters 40 and 41 of the District of Columbia Municipal                           Regulations;

 

 (d)  Scope of practice; and

 

 (e)  Ethics and boundaries.

 

4805.5The Board shall supply each applicant for examination by the Board with copies of the laws and rules on which the applicant will be tested thirty (30) days prior to the examination, unless waived by the applicant.

 

4805.6  A passing score on the District Examination shall be seventy-five percent (75%). After failing to obtain a score of at least seventy-five percent (75%) on two (2) successive District examinations, the applicant shall appear before the Board before being permitted to retake the examination a third time. In the event of a third failure, the applicant shall not be permitted to sit for a fourth attempt for a period of one (1) year.  An applicant practicing under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor while waiting to sit for the District Examination, who twice fails the examination, shall have the pending application status suspended for a period of ninety (90) days.

 

4805.7  Pursuant to the Act, an applicant approved for an initial license to sit for the next scheduled examination may request the Board's permission to practice under the direct supervision of a District licensed chiropractor for a period not to exceed six (6) months.

 

 

authority

Section 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 (“Health Occupations Revision Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14) (2012 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 6658, 6660 (September 2, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3955 (May 23, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7936 (July 25, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 8770 (October 14, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 13109 (October 21, 2016).