NAC634.305. Examination for certification as chiropractor’s assistant.

     1. At least once each year, the Board will administer an examination to applicants for a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant.

     2. The examination will consist of the following subjects, including, without limitation:

     (a) Radiographic technology, protection, quality control and positioning of the patient;

     (b) Ancillary procedures and applications relating to chiropractic; and

     (c) The provisions of NRS and NAC that are related to the practice of chiropractic.

     3. An applicant who receives a score of at least 75 percent on the examination is entitled to a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant.

     4. If an applicant fails to receive a score of at least 75 percent on the examination the first time he or she takes the examination, the applicant may retake the examination within 1 year without payment of an additional fee.

     5. If an applicant who receives training and employment as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NAC 634.355 fails to receive a score of at least 75 percent on the examination after two attempts and wishes to continue working as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee, the supervising licensee must, within 30 days after the date of the notice from the Board of the results of the examination, submit a plan for additional training to the Board. The chair of the test committee will:

     (a) Approve or deny the plan; and

     (b) Determine whether the chiropractor’s assistant trainee may continue working as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee.

     6. If, pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 5, the chair of the test committee determines that a chiropractor’s assistant trainee may continue working as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee, the chiropractor’s assistant trainee may continue working as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee if he or she:

     (a) Pursuant to NAC 634.350, submits a new application for a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant and pays the required fee; and

     (b) Provides the chair of the test committee with proof that the chiropractor’s assistant trainee is enrolled in an educational course in a subject described in subsection 2.

     7. If a chiropractor’s assistant trainee who has submitted an application pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 6 fails to pass any portion of the examination after two attempts, the chiropractor’s assistant trainee shall not work as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee until the chiropractor’s assistant trainee has passed all the portions of the examination.

     8. An applicant for a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant who fails on two occasions to appear for an examination that he or she has been scheduled to take:

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

     (b) Forfeits any application fees paid to the Board; and

     (c) Must, if he or she has been receiving training and employment as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NAC 634.355, cease working as a chiropractor’s assistant trainee.

Ê If the applicant applies thereafter for a certificate, the applicant must establish eligibility for the certificate in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 634 of NRS.

     9. As used in this section, “chair of the test committee” means the member of the Board who is assigned by the Board to serve as the chair of the committee that is created by the Board to administer an examination to applicants for a certificate as a chiropractor’s assistant.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Chiropractic Exam’rs, eff. 5-13-82; A 1-31-94; A by Chiropractic Physicians’ Bd. by R030-98, 9-10-98; R095-03, 10-22-2003; R014-10, 5-5-2011)