Colorado § 12-215-106 - Licensure - minimum education requirements.
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§ 12-215-106. Licensure - minimum education requirements.
(1) A minimum educational requirement shall include a knowledge of the basic sciences and for original licensure shall include graduation from a high school or its educational equivalent and graduation from an approved chiropractic school or college that teaches a course of not less than four thousand resident classroom hours in a period of four academic years. All applicants for licensure who matriculate in a chiropractic school or college shall present evidence of having graduated from a chiropractic school or college having status with the commission on accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education, or its successor, or from a chiropractic school or college that meets equivalent standards. The schedule of minimum educational requirements to enable any person to practice chiropractic in the state of Colorado is, except as otherwise provided, as follows:
Group 1.
Anatomy, including embryology and
histology
Group 2.
Physiology and psychology
Group 3.
Biochemistry, inorganic and organic
chemistry
Group 4.
Pathology, bacteriology, and toxicology
Group 5.
Public health, hygiene, sanitation, and first aid
Group 6.
Diagnosis (to include, but not be limited to,
physical, clinical, laboratory, and all other
recognized diagnostic procedures), pediatrics,
dermatology, syphilology, psychiatry, and
X ray
Group 7.
Obstetrics, gynecology
Group 8.
Principles and practice of chiropractic,
adjustive technic. Electives including
dietetics, nutrition, posture, physiotherapy,
electrotherapy, and surgical, optometric, and
dental indications
(2) Any chiropractic college or school meeting the requirements of this section and the rules adopted by the board shall be eligible for approval.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1063, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-33-111 as it existed prior to 2019.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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