NAC634.300. Examinations for licensure: Period for taking; failure to pass; failure to appear.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NAC 634.215:

     (a) If a person applies for a license to practice chiropractic in Nevada, the application remains open for 1 year after the date of the first examination that the person is eligible to take.

     (b) During the period in which an application is open, an applicant may take any required examination twice.

     (c) If an applicant does not, on the first attempt, pass an examination that is administered by the Board, the applicant may retake the examination one time without paying an additional fee.

     2. If an applicant provides evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant failed to appear for an examination because of exceptional circumstances, the Board may:

     (a) Allow the applicant to take the next scheduled examination without the payment of an additional fee; and

     (b) If necessary, extend the period during which the application is open.

     3. If an applicant for a license to practice chiropractic fails on two occasions to pass any portion of the examinations administered pursuant to NRS 634.070, the applicant shall:

     (a) Refrain from supervised practice; or

     (b) Submit a new application for examination in accordance with NRS 634.080.

     4. An applicant for a license to practice chiropractic who fails to appear for examination within 1 year after being first qualified therefor:

     (a) Shall be deemed to have withdrawn his or her application; and

     (b) Forfeits the application fee.

Ê If the applicant applies thereafter for a license, he or she must establish eligibility for that license in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 634 of NRS.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Chiropractic Exam’rs, eff. 11-23-93; A by Chiropractic Physicians’ Bd. by R030-98, 9-10-98; R095-03, 10-22-2003)