Section 246-808-040. Colleges—Educational standards required for accreditation.

(1) Objectives - The college shall have clearly defined objectives.

(2) Administration and organization - The college shall:

(a) Be incorporated as a nonprofit institution and recognized as such by its state of domicile.

(b) Have full-time administrator.

(c) Have either a president or a dean of education with a doctor of chiropractic degree.

(d) Adopt policy of nondiscrimination as to national origin, race, religion, or sex.

(3) Educational offerings - The college shall:

(a) Provide educational offerings which prepare the student for successfully completing licensing examination and engaging in practice.

(b) Offer an educational program with a minimum of four thousand in-class hours provided over a four year academic term.

(c) Have available syllabi for all courses.

(d) Offer chiropractic curriculum as follows: Principles of chiropractic - Two hundred in-class hours; adjustive technique - Four hundred in-class hours; spinal roentgenology - One hundred seventy-five in-class hours; symptomatology and diagnosis - Four hundred twenty-five in-class hours; clinic - Six hundred twenty-five in-class hours.

(e) Offer at least one hundred twenty hours for the study of "principles of chiropractic" as the study of chiropractic philosophy, which shall be defined as the commonly held tenets which provide the basis for chiropractic as a separate and distinct form of practice.

The required one hundred twenty hours of philosophy instruction shall be clearly identified in the application and subsequent college catalogue as philosophy of chiropractic by course title and description. The remaining eighty required hours may include history of chiropractic, ethics, interprofessional relationships and other subjects specifically relating to the principles and practice of chiropractic.

(f) Not include mechanotherapy, physiotherapy, acupuncture, acupressure, or dietary therapy or any other therapy in computation of the qualifying four thousand classroom hours.

(g) Maintain a clinical program sufficient to fulfill the objectives of the college.

(4) Faculty - The college shall provide sufficient faculty to support the educational program of the college.

(5) Students - The college shall:

(a) Select students on a nondiscriminatory basis.

(b) Require that students maintain a 2.00 grade average and have no chiropractic subject grade less than 2.0.

(c) Require the student to complete a four-year academic program which meets all requirements of statute and rule for licensing to practice chiropractic in Washington state.

(6) Physical facilities and equipment - The college shall:

(a) Maintain a library of size and quality sufficient to serve the educational program.

(b) Maintain a basic plant that facilitates the educational program.

(c) Maintain clinic facilities that are of sufficient size and equipped appropriately to serve the student.

(7) Financial - The college shall:

(a) Have adequate present and anticipated income to sustain a sound educational program.

(b) Have well formulated plans for financing existing and projected education programs.

(c) Have an annual audit of financial records by a CPA.

(d) Make records available for review by the commission upon request.

(8) Self-evaluation - The college shall have a program of continuing self-evaluation and such evaluation must be made available upon request by the commission.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.25 RCW. WSR 96-16-074, § 246-808-040, filed 8/6/96, effective 9/6/96.]

Chapter 18.25 RCW. WSR 96-16-074, § 246-808-040, filed 8/6/96, effective 9/6/96.