Iowa
Chiropractic Information
Iowa Chiropractic Summary
Licensing Requirements
Post-Licensing Education
Continuing Education requirements
40 hours required every 2 years. 16 clinical case management hours allowed online.
requirements for educators
The licensing board does not pre-approve continuing education providers, sponsors or individual programs. It is the licensees’ responsibility to determine if the continuing education programs they attend meet the requirements of their professional licensure board.
Are PACE courses accepted for continuing education requirements?
YES
Iowa requires examinations through the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Physiotherapy, Accupuncture, NBCE Spec
State Chiropractic Online Resources
Regulatory Authority
Iowa Board of Chiropractic https://dial.iowa.gov/licenses/medical/chiropractic
Chiropractic Statutes and Regulations
Chapter 151 – Chiropractic Board Law https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=151
Chapter 41 – Licensure of Chiropractic Physicians https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/administrativeRules/rules?agency=645&chapter=41
Chapter 42 – Colleges for Chiropractic Physicians https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/administrativeRules/rules?agency=645&chapter=42
Chapter 43 – Practice of Chiropractic Physicians https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/administrativeRules/rules?agency=645&chapter=43
Chapter 44 – Continuing Education for Chiropractic Physicians https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/administrativeRules/rules?agency=645&chapter=44
Chapter 45 – Discipline for Chiropractic Physicians https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/administrativeRules/rules?agency=645&chapter=45
Chapter17A – Iowa Administrative Procedure Act https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=17A
Chapter 147 – General Provisions, Health-Related Professions https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=147
Chapter 272C – Continuing Education and Regulation – Professional and Occupational https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=272C
Rules Common to Licensing Boards https://dial.iowa.gov/licenses/medical/chiropractic#laws-amp-rules
State Government Resources
State Legislature Homepage
State Legislature Bill Search Tool
Legislative member roster
State Governor's Office
Secretary of State
Office of the Insurance Commissioner
State Associations
State Chiropractic Coverage
Worker’s Compensation
Iowa Workers’ Compensation https://www.iowaworkcomp.gov/fee-schedule-information-requests
Workers’ Compensation Provider List https://das.iowa.gov/state-employees/human-resources/employees/workers-compensation/workers-compensation-provider-list
Medicaid
Practice Options
| Perform extremity adjustments? | Y1 |
| Provide nutritional advice? | Y2 |
| Provide manipulation under anesthesia? | N/A |
| Provide school enrollment exams? | Y |
| Provide sports physical exams? | Y |
| Provide return to play exams (including concussion protocol) for sports participation? | N/A |
| Perform US Department of Transportation exams? | Y3 |
| Treat animals? | N/A |
| Perform acupuncture? | Y4 |
| Perform dry needling? | Y |
| Perform intraoral TMJ treatments? | Y |
| Perform internal coccyx adjustments? | N/A |
| Are there limits to body areas DCs are allowed to examine and/or treat? | N/A |
| Are there limits on diagnostic tools DCs are allowed to use? | N/A |
| Perform venipuncture? | Y5 |
| Perform casting? | N/A |
Qualifications:
1. “Extremity manipulation” means a corrective thrust or maneuver by a Doctor of Chiropractic by hand or instrument based upon differential diagnosis of neuromusculoskeletal structures applied to a joint of the appendicular skeleton.
2. Licensed physicians and surgeons, nurses, chiropractors, dentists, dental hygienists, pharmacists or physical therapists who make dietetic or nutritional assessments or give dietetic or nutritional advice in the normal practice of their profession or as otherwise authorized by law are exempt from the licensure law.
3. A chiropractor can perform a Department of Transportation (DOT) physical exam if they are a certified medical examiner (CME) listed on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) National Registry.
4. A chiropractic physician who engages in the practice of acupuncture shall maintain documentation that shows the chiropractic physician has successfully completed a course in acupuncture consisting of at least100 hours of traditional, in-person classroom instruction with the instructor onsite. The licensee shall maintain a transcript or certification of completion showing the licensee’s name, school or course sponsor’s name, date of course completion or graduation, grade or other evidence of successful completion, and number of course hours. The licensee shall provide the transcript or certification of completion to the board upon request.
5. The informal consensus was that Iowa chiropractors may draw blood (or order blood testing) but may not inject or administer any substance into the body. A chiropractor may recommend non-prescription, oral supplements, but cannot prescribe them to be injected or administered intravenously.
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