N.Y. Education Law Section 6554
Requirements for a professional license

To qualify for a license as a chiropractor, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

(1)

Application: file an application with the department;

(2)

Education: have received an education, including two years of preprofessional college study and completion of a four-year resident program in chiropractic, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

(3)

Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations:

(4)

Examination: pass examinations satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations, in clinical chiropractic analysis, the practice of chiropractic, X-ray as it relates to chiropractic analysis, and examinations satisfactory to the department in anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, microbiology, diagnosis, and the use and effect of X-ray;

(5)

Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(6)

Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;

(7)

Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and

(8)

Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.

Source: Section 6554 — Requirements for a professional license, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/6554 (updated Dec. 16, 2022; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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