: 12/18/06,
3/13/07, 6/01/07, 9/01/07
Application Fee: $200
Initial License Fee: $150; $200 reciprocity
Criminal Background Check: No
Require Fingerprinting: No
License Renewal Fee: $200 active, $50 inactive
(retired)
Term: Annually, renew by December 31
st
Delinquent Renewal Fee: $250, then an additional
$100 for each month after February 28th
Students: may sit for board exams prior to
graduating if in last semester, trimester, or quarter
Intern Program: Students may not practice under
licensed D.C. Internship program available for
graduated (not yet licensed) doctors to practice
under licensed D.C., must contact the Board office
for details
Require supervised practice prior to full
licensure: See Internship requirements
License(s) Required for Practice: Chiropractic
Optional Licenses or Certification: X-ray
Proficiency Certification (must register annually with
the Board on or before July 31, beginning in 1996),
Temporary Internship eligible for licensure
examination
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Requirements: 12 hours per year by CCE
school/speaker, on area within Louisiana scope
of practice, even numbered years require
additional 6 hours Risk Management
Distance Credits Allowed: None
Program Criteria: Sponsored by CCE approved
college and program approved by Board.
Board accepts the uniform continuing
education form: yes (need only one copy of
application materials)
Board requires sexual boundaries training:
license renewal 6 hours per every other year in
risk management
Board requires AIDS awareness / risk
prevention training: license renewal 6 hours
per every other year in risk management
Other special areas of specific CE training
required: in the even-numbered years,
licensees must obtain 6 additional hours of
approved risk management CE for the odd-
numbered years upcoming renewal.
CONDITIONS FOR
RECIPROCITY/ENDORSEMENT: Five years active
practice in another state, license in good standing.
Five year minimum requirement waives NBCE
requirements. Fee $200.
EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY STATE:
State statutes
NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS:
Part I: required
Part II: required
Part III (WCCE): required
Part IV: required
Physiotherapy: required
Acupuncture: not accepted
SPEC: Reciprocity/Endorsement: Board can use
for reinstatement stipulations
Reinstatement of Lapsed License: can use now
Disciplinary Cases: can use now
Impairment Review: can use now
PHYSIOTHERAPY: Termed Physical Modalities
(also Physiotherapy)
Certification: Included in chiropractic license
Additional Education: No specific requirements
Additional Examination: Must have NBCE
Physiotherapy exam
Additional Fee: None
LOUISIANA Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards Official Directory 2007-2008
Updated February 2008
(Page Two of Two)
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Min. # years pre-professional education
required for licensure:
High school diploma; sixty hours of course work
at a college or university of Liberal Arts or
Science
Requirement for 4-year degree effective
1/01/2011
Accreditation for Chiropractic
Programs/Institutions:
Council on Chiropractic Education
Subjects Examined: Jurisprudence
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATES OF
FOREIGN COLLEGES: Contact board for specific
information.
SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE: (Contact
State for exact law)
Practice of Chiropractic means holding ones self
out to the public as a chiropractor and as being
engaged in the business of, or the actual
engagement in, the diagnosing of conditions
associated with the functional integrity of the spine
and treating by adjustment, manipulation, and the
use of the physical and other properties of heat, light,
water, electricity, sound massage, therapeutic
exercise, mobilization, mechanical devices, and
other physical rehabilitation measures for the
purpose of correcting interference with normal nerve
transmission and expression. A chiropractor may
also make recommendations relative to personal
hygiene and proper nutritional practices for the
rehabilitation of the patient. A chiropractor may also
order such diagnostic tests as are necessary for
determining conditions associated with the functional
integrity of the spine. While chiropractors may not
directly perform or administer computerized axial
tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and
nuclear magnetic imaging, nothing shall be
construed to prohibit a chiropractor from ordering
such diagnostic procedures when deemed
necessary by the practitioner.
However, the authority to order such diagnostic tests
shall not be construed so as to mandate the
coverage for such tests ordered by a chiropractor
under any health care plan or policy of insurance, to
require such coverage under any such plan or policy,
or to circumvent any requirement or pre-authorization
for covered services by a primary care physician or
pre-certification by an insurer or administrator of a
plan or policy in accordance with the terms of a
health care plan or policy.
OTHER REFERENCE INFORMATION:
Board regulates specialty council
certification: Any Doctor of Chiropractic in the
state of Louisiana who holds himself or herself
out to the public as being a specialist in any
area must register with the Louisiana Board.
Contact Board for details.
Board permits or authorizes travel-to-treat
requirements: yes, must notify the Board
before the event in writing and pay
administrative fee.
Board permits or authorizes telemedicine
practices: no
Licensees required to carry malpractice
insurance: no
Additional legally accepted terms for
chiropractor (in addition to Doctor of
Chiropractic, D.C., Chiropractor,
Chiropractic Doctor): Chiropractic Physician
Peer Review: handled by separate committee
under the Board.
Chiropractic Assistants: annual registration
now required by July 31st each year (X-ray
CAs only)
Impaired Physicians Program: under peer
review
BOARD MEMBERS / TERMS (where available):
Board handles both licensing and disciplinary
functions.
R. Buckley VanBreemen, D.C., President, 2107
S. Burnside Ave., Ste. 1, Gonzales 70737
Mark B. Kruse, D.C., Vice President, 4416
Trenton Street, Metairie, 70006
Dwayne L. Burch, D.C., Secretary-Treasurer,
1959 Hwy 3125, Ste 3, Lutcher 70071
Michael R. Cavanaugh, D.C., 105 Independence
Blvd., Suite 3, Lafayette 70506
Francis James Jim Morvant, D.C,, 2135 Dulles
Drive, Lafayette 70506
Kim M. Hardy, D.C., 1799 Stumpf Blvd, Bldg 8,
Territown 70056
Joseph A. Stagni, D.C., 3227 Williams Blvd.,
Kenner 70065
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Total # of Licensees as of 1/07: 586
Of these licensees, there are:
Active licenses: 542
Inactive licenses: 44
New licenses: *
Resident licenses:493
Non-Resident licenses: 93
*Information not provided