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Federation of ChiropracticLicensing boards

May 7, 2005

James Winterstein, D.C.President

National University of Health Sciences

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What Happens After the DC Degree?

Board Recognition of Post-professional Education

and Credentials

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How should Doctors of Chiropracticpresent their post-professionaleducation so as not to mislead thepublic?

The term “chiropractic” should beincluded in the title - eg. chiropracticradiologist etc.

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Certificates of completion andor diplomate status should bedisplayed.

In years past, the “mother”organization which gave the credential status was the ACA.That has changed.

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Some chiropractic post-professionalboards are seeking approval bythe National Association for Competency Assurance (NOCA)and its National Commission forCertifying Agencies (NCCA)

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The question we must ask, is;“Who recognized NOCA?”What governmental agencygives it status? As far as I cantell, it is not recognized by USDE.

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Boards and specialty recognition

In my opinion, the FCLB should work with educational institutionsand the ACA to determine whichcertifying agencies are groundedin legitimate educational processes.

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Our profession should have specialty education and relatedrecognition - I think it does expandscope of practice and when theeducation is obtained throughlegitimate sources, should be recognized.

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When it comes to public perceptionwho knows the answers? To myknowledge, no public survey hasbeen done so it is doubtful theycan distinguish between the certificate courses and the diplomate courses.

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There is an allopathic/osteopathicmodel for this situation. We shouldeither adopt that model or moveto recognized academic degreesso the public will understand.

E.G. National’s Master of Sciencein radiology and in family practice.

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Board eligible vs. board certifiedis an issue that is used todistinguish those who are readyto take the boards from those whohave successfully passed them.In allopathy, these terms are usedhowever there is a time limit foreligibility - usually two years.

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Distance education is here tostay. It is not yet fully developedbut is rapidly becoming so. Werecognize it as part of the future.It will not replace regular classesbut should be recognized in myopinion.

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Special requirements for CME -Fundamentally, I dislike statutorylanguage and we are a professionthat resists the obvious so oftenthat state boards resort to fosteringnew laws that are restrictive.

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We must reach the point at whichwe make certain ethical issues a matter of PROFESSIONAL conductrather than attempting to controlby law-making.

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Comparable examples - Most statelaws do not require more than 2years of undergraduate ed for entrance into Med school - but 97%=+ of med students have thebaccalaureate. It is a matter of good educational procedure so statutory language is not necessary.

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Most medical specialties arewell controlled by the specialtyorganizations, therefore no needfor statutory language.

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State laws in general, governingallopathic medicine are quitesimilar across the country - ours are not.

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The models of operation areout there - we should use theminstead of trying to invent newones and, in the process, furtherentangle ourselves.