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Laws and Regulations Relating to the Parctice of Chiropractic.  State of California Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

Required Hours and Subjects:

Each applicant shall offer proof of completion of a course of instruction in a Board-approved chiropractic college of not less than 4,400 hours which includes minimum educational requirements set forth in Section 5 of the Act. The course of instruction completed by the applicant shall consist of no less than the following minimum hours, except as otherwise provided:

• Group I  Anatomy, including embryology, histology and human dissection 616 hours
• Group II  Physiology (must include laboratory work) 264 hours
• Group III  Biochemistry, clinical nutrition, and dietetics 264 hours
• Group IV  Pathology, bacteriology, and toxicology 440 hours
• Group V  Public health, hygiene and sanitation, and emergency care 132 hours
• Group VI  Diagnosis, including E.E.N.T. and serology, dermatology and sexually transmitted
  diseases, geriatrics, X-ray interpretation, and neurology 792 hours
• Group VII  Obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics 132 hours
• Group VIII  Principles and practice of chiropractic to include chiropractic technique, chiropractic
  philosophy, orthopedics, X-ray technique, and radiation protection 430 hours Clinic, including office procedure 518 hours, Physiotherapy 120 hours, Psychiatry 32 hours, Electives 660 hours

Total 4,400 hours