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Interested in the information or services provided by national and international chiropractic organizations? Looking for government agencies that license chiropractors? Or are you after the latest news and research? You've come to the right spot.

Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners

The Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners was created in 1923 by an act of the State Legislature. Its mission is to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of Tennesseans by requiring those who practice the profession of chiropractic or chiropractic x-ray technology within this state be qualified. The Board interprets the laws, rules, and regulations to determine the appropriate standards of practice in an effort to ensure the highest degree of professional conduct. The Board is authorized to issue licenses to qualified candidates who have completed appropriate education and successfully completed required examinations. The Board is responsible for the investigation of alleged violations of the Practice Act and rules and is responsible for the discipline of licensees who are found guilty of such violations.

Tennessee Insurance Division

The Insurance Division is responsible for enforcing the state's insurance laws and supervising more than 1,700 insurance companies and other entities licensed or otherwise authorized to do business in Tennessee.

Filing Complaints - TN Board of Chiropractic Examiners

The state of Tennessee is graced with some of the finest health care professionals, educational institutions, postgraduate programs and treatment facilities in the United States. The majority of health practitioners in Tennessee are competent and caring individuals and most persons are satisfied with the level of care they receive.

However, when a problem is experienced with a practitioner, you have the right to report him/her. If you believe that a practitioner’s performance or behavior is not acceptable, you may file a complaint through Health Related Boards, Office of Investigations.

Office of Investigations
227 French Landing, Suite 201
Heritage Place Metro Center
Nashville, TN 37243

Contact Consumer Affairs at 1-800-342-8385

American Chiropractic Association

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), based in Arlington, VA, is the largest professional association in the world representing doctors of chiropractic. The ACA provides lobbying, public relations, professional and educational opportunities for doctors of chiropractic, funds research regarding chiropractic and health issues, and offers leadership for the advancement of the profession. With approximately 18,000 members, the ACA promotes the highest standards of ethics and patient care, contributing to the health and well-being of millions of chiropractic patients.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapies

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) is dedicated to the advancement of chiropractic health care. It provides the latest information on current developments in therapeutics, as well as reviews of clinically oriented research and practical information for use in clinical settings.

Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research

The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER), founded in 1944, is the oldest and most respected chiropractic research-funding institution in the world. Since 1980, FCER has funded grants, fellowships, and residencies totaling nearly $10 million!

PubMed

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Opened on September 18, 1945, the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College is regarded as a world leader in chiropractic education and research. CMCC is a fully accredited, limited enrolment, self-supporting, professional educational institution funded by the chiropractic profession in Canada. It receives no government funding and relies on membership, tuition and donations for support. We have a vision of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College as a chiropractic institution recognized for its excellence and leadership in health care education, research and service.

National Board of Chiropractic Examiners

A national board dedicated to promoting excellence in the chiropractic profession by providing testing programs that serve the needs of state licensing authorities, chiropractic colleges, educators and students, doctors of chiropractic and the public.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapies

Congress of Chiropratic State Association

The Congress of Chiropractic State Associations was formed in the late 1960’s and is a not-for-profit organization consisting of state chiropractic associations. The mission of the Congress is to provide an apolitical forum for the promotion and advancement of the chiropractic profession through service to member state associations.

The Association of Chiropractic Colleges

The Association of Chiropractic Colleges provides worldwide leadership in chiropractic education, research and service. The Association of Chiropractic Colleges includes and represents all CCE accredited colleges and programs which serves its institutions and their students, the profession and its patients, and the public by advancing chiropractic education, research and service.

The Association of Chiropractic Colleges

Cleveland Chiropratic College

Cleveland College offers the Doctor of Chiropractic, Bachelor of Science in Human Biology and Associate of Arts in Biological Sciences degrees. With a strong curriculum that stresses the structure and function of the human body, our undergraduate degree in Human Biology serves as a portal for graduate programs in a variety of health care fields. The need for health care professionals continues to increase. As a health care provider, you will enjoy security, flexibility and the satisfaction of knowing that you serve an integral role in the maintenance of good health.

Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research

JVSR is a Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal devoted to subluxation based chiropractic research. JVSR is published by the volume with individual articles added on an approximately monthly basis.

Life College

Life University offers first professional, graduate, and undergraduate degree programs and postgraduate education in the broad fields of health care, science, nutrition, and business. To support its programs the University recruits and retains outstanding faculty who are dedicated to teaching and advising; to scholarship, research, and creativity; and to serving the University and the wider community.

Life University faculty, staff and administration serve students from throughout the United States and the world and aspire to provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in a world of diverse cultures and dynamic societies.

Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research

JVSR is a peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to subluxation-based chiropractic research affiliated with the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA), an international organization representing doctors of chiropractic. WCA promotes the traditional, drug-free and non-invasive form of chiropractic as a means of correcting vertebral subluxations that cause nerve interference.

Spine

Recognized internationally as the leading journal in its field, Spine is an international, peer-reviewed, bi-weekly periodical that considers for publication original articles in the field of spine. It is the leading subspecialty journal for the treatment of spinal disorders. Only original papers are considered for publication with the understanding that they are contributed solely to Spine. The Journal does not publish articles reporting material that has been reported at length elsewhere

International Chiropractors Association

The International Chiropractors Association (ICA) is the world's oldest chiropractic professional organization representing nearly 8,000 practitioners, students, chiropractic assistants, educators and lay persons world-wide dedicated to the growth and development of the chiropractic profession based on its fundamental principles and philosophy.

Logan College of Chiropractic

Established in 1935, Logan Chiropractic College has been graduating dedicated, successful Doctors of Chiropractic who have been improving the quality of life and the health of people around the world. Logan College offers its students an excellent curriculum taught by highly qualified faculty, and a state of the art educational/learning environment on a beautiful 112-acre wooded, hilltop campus. The Mission of Logan College of Chiropractic is to prepare Doctors of Chiropractic who are professionally competent, practicing primary care physicians. Logan College will also set the standard for teaching, learning and mentoring. The College will pursue separate goals in research and public service.

International Chiropractic Pediatric Association

The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association is dedicated to advancing awareness of the chiropractic family wellness lifestyle. Through education, training and research in the care of children & pregnant women, the I.C.P.A. and its members are fulfilling their vision in the world.

National University of Health Sciences

National University of Health Sciences and its related colleges hold that the practice of the alternative and complementary healing arts and sciences must embrace the whole person, with emphasis upon conservative health care which facilitates the inherent potential of the human organism to develop and maintain a state of self-regulation and to invoke self-healing processes with minimal therapeutic risk at reasonable cost.

We recognize a diversity of factors which impact upon human physiology, among which are biomechanical dysfunction, altered energy patterns, genetics, trauma, hygiene, microorganisms, nutritional status, exercise, motion, posture, environment, stress, emotion, and human relationships.

New York Chiropractic College

To help future doctors of chiropractic achieve their career goals, New York Chiropractic College offers a unique educational program that gives students access to many career possibilities. The backbone of this program is an integrated curriculum that features extensive and varied clinical experiences. The end result is a graduate that is educated, experienced, and empowered to be a successful doctor of chiropractic.

Northwestern College of Chiropractic

The Northwestern College of Chiropractic, established in 1941, is the foundation of our University. The Northwestern curriculum and clinical experiences focus on graduating broadly trained Doctors of Chiropractic who practice as primary care physicians, well-trained to diagnose, treat and work in collaboration with all other health care practitioners in the care of patients. Northwestern students learn a patient-centered approach to the practice of chiropractic, based upon a balance of traditional chiropractic philosophic principles, integration of chiropractic philosophy and the biological sciences, and evidence of effectiveness derived from the outcomes of clinical research.

Palmer College of Chiropractic

Palmer College of Chiropractic, has three campuses spread out across the country. Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa, is both the profession's founding college and its modern day flagship. But what is this special thing called a "Palmer education," which holds such prestige that thousands of Palmer graduates use the name Palmer in their advertising? And, is a Palmer education really provided at each of the three Palmer colleges? Click on the link above to find out more about Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa, Palmer College West in San Jose, California, and Palmer Florida in Port Orange, FL

Parker College of Chiropratic

Parker College of Chiropractic is a private, nonprofit, co-educational, professional institution of higher education. The Mission of Parker College of Chiropractic is to educate men and women of all nationalities in the Basic and Clinical Sciences, thus providing academic credentialing for the Bachelor's of Science in Anatomy and the Doctor of Chiropractic degrees. Students seeking these credentials may further their post-secondary education and/or serve as portal of entry, primary healthcare physicians and perpetuate chiropractic education, research, science, philosophy and art world-wide for the benefit of all mankind.

Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic

Since 1973 Sherman College has offered its students a quality chiropractic education focused on the vertebral subluxation. The goal of straight chiropractic is to correct vertebral subluxations so the nerve system can deliver the right information at the right time in the right amounts to each part of the body. Today, D.D. Palmer’s vision of health care providers trained to remove interference to the nerve system, so the body can strive toward its own potential for physical, mental and social well-being, is being fulfilled at Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic

Texas Chiropractic College

Founded in 1908, Texas Chiropractic College is the third oldest chiropractic college in the nation and recognized as one of the very best. TCC is accredited as a Level V doctoral degree granting institution by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It shares this distinction with other reputable medical schools such as Baylor College of Medicine and the UT Medical Branch at Galveston. TCC has maintained continuous accreditation since 1971 and enjoys a stable and secure financial condition as well, annually generating an operational surplus. Its first-of-its-kind Hospital Rotations Program is a pioneer in the integrated health care field. The program provides interns the opportunity to rotate in nearly 30 hospitals and clinics throughout the Houston metropolitan area, including the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. Texas Chiropractic College is The Future in Health Care.

University of Bridgeport Chiropractic College

The University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a non-profit, coeducational professional institution which grants the Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) degree to graduates who successfully complete four academic years of study including a clinical internship. The program is offered on a full-time basis with no students admitted to a part-time course of study. There are no correspondence courses offered

Western States Chiropractic College

The college that you choose to attend will have a tremendous impact on your chiropractic career. WSCC offers academic excellence combined with rigorous clinical experience. Our evidence-based, scientific curriculum is so superior that our students score consistently well above the national average on their Board Exams (NBCE - National Board of Chiropractic Examiners). Our technique and diagnosis labs average approximately seven students to every one instructor (7:1). This kind of low student-faculty ratio assures you will confidently enter the chiropractic profession after graduation, prepared to provide the best treatment for your patients.