Continuing Education and Professional Ethics
Continuing Education and Professional Ethics
This domain tests how a North Dakota chiropractor maintains licensure through approved continuing education and ethical practice.
Core rules
- Renewal depends on completing the CE hours and subject categories required by Board rule, including ethics and jurisprudence where specified.
- CE must come from acceptable sponsors and be documented with certificates, dates, hours, and topics. Keep proof beyond the renewal submission.
- The Board may audit CE. False attestation or a certificate for a course not attended is unprofessional conduct.
- Ethics CE is not just attendance; the exam tests application to conflicts, consent, billing, boundaries, and reporting.
- A licensee with a lapsed or restricted license must satisfy specific conditions before returning to active status.
Worked example
A chiropractor completes 20 hours of online courses, but 6 hours are from a non-approved vendor and 2 hours duplicate a course already claimed. At audit, only the valid, nonduplicated hours count. If the shortfall leaves the licensee below the requirement, the Board may require additional hours, a fee, or disciplinary conditions. The licensee should correct the record honestly rather than create a new certificate.
Traps
Do not count the same course twice. Do not assume all online hours qualify. Do not wait until renewal to check sponsor approval. Do not treat ethics as a paperwork issue; a pattern of boundary or billing violations can be disciplined even if CE hours are complete.