§ 3-301. Kinds of licenses; license required; practice of physical therapy permitted; exceptions

   (a) Kinds of licenses. -- The Board may issue, as appropriate:

   (1) A license to practice chiropractic; or

   (2) A license to practice chiropractic with the right to practice physical therapy.

(b) License required. -- Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice chiropractic in this State.

(c) Practice of physical therapy permitted. -- A chiropractor who holds a license to practice chiropractic with the right to practice physical therapy may practice chiropractic and physical therapy in this State.

(d) Exceptions. -- This section does not apply to:

   (1) A student of chiropractic while under the direct supervision of a licensed chiropractor engaged in an educational program:

      (i) Sponsored by a college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education; and

      (ii) Approved by the Board; or

   (2) An individual licensed to practice chiropractic in any other state or a foreign country while that individual makes a clinical demonstration before:

      (i) A chiropractic association;

      (ii) A chiropractic convention; or

      (iii) A chiropractic college.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 502, 504; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1983, ch. 430; 1990, ch. 6, § 11.