73-6-5 - Officers of board; meetings; enactment of rules and regulations; authority of board to establish education requirements; annual fee for certification of certain chiropractic assistants [Repea
§ 73-6-5. Officers of board; meetings; enactment of rules and regulations; authority of board to establish education requirements; annual fee for certification of certain chiropractic assistants [Repealed effective July 1, 2011].
(1) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall select by election from its membership a chairman and vice chairman who shall hold their respective offices for a period of one (1) year. A majority of the members of the board may select an executive secretary; and may hire such other employees, including an attorney, needed to implement the provisions of this chapter. The board shall hold regular meetings for examination beginning on the second week of January and July of each year; and may hold additional meetings at such times and places as it deems necessary, but not to exceed twelve (12) times during its initial calendar year and not more than four (4) times during any subsequent calendar year. The July meeting shall be held in the City of Jackson. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of the members of the board shall be required to grant or revoke a license. The board shall make such rules and regulations as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and a copy of these rules and regulations as well as all changes thereto shall, upon passage, be sent to all practitioners licensed hereunder.
(2) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall be authorized to certify to the State Department of Health those chiropractic assistants who are exempt from registration under Section 41-58-3(7) (d) as having completed continuing education requirements and charge a fee of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) annually to each individual whom the board certifies, as required under Section 41-58-5(4) (f). The board shall be authorized to establish educational qualifications and continuing education requirements for chiropractic assistants that participate in direct patient care. The board shall charge a fee not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) annually for this certification and annual renewal. Likewise, a late fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) shall be charged on all chiropractic assistants and chiropractic radiological technologists not renewing on or before July 1 of each year. Chiropractic radiological technologists are not exempt from these continuing education requirements.
Sources: Laws, 1973, ch. 501, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1983, ch. 448, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 350, § 3; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1997, ch. 428, § 3; Laws, 2000, ch. 367, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 409, § 3; Laws, 2001, ch. 549, § 21; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 515, § 3, eff from and after June 30, 2006.