Alliance of New Mexico Chiropractors

An Important Message Concerning the Future of Our Profession

Let me bring a non-partisan problem in our profession to your attention. It doesn’t matter how you practice or what your philosophy is, it will negatively affect the practice of chiropractic around the world. If you have a DC after your name, or your children want to eventually have a DC after their name, this applies to you.

The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) is about to make changes to Part IV that will place a huge financial burden on chiropractic students that want to practice anywhere in the United States. The NBCE is building a facility in Greeley, CO to house the Part IV testing. EVERY STUDENT from EVERY SCHOOL will be required to make a pilgrimage, at their own expense, to Greeley, CO to take the test. If a student from Australia or Europe wants to get a license anywhere in the US, they will have to make the trip to Greeley as well at their own expense.

Why should you and I care? We have our licenses. We should care because the NBCE is eating our young. Students are getting out of school with $300,000 in loans. Their payments will be $4,000 a month to service just their loan debt. It’s unsustainable. NBCE has a $40 million cash reserve and every single penny of it came from student loans. Adding an additional trip to Greeley to take Part IV is unconscionable.

In a Facebook discussion with an opponent of the plan, Dr. Christopher Kent, Dr. Bill Doggett, Past President of the New Mexico Board of Chiropractic, also thinks it's a bad idea, saying "I don't agree with Dr. Kent very often but I certainly agree on this issue."

IN A RECENT VIDEO, the NBCE explained the changes they want to make. Please feel free to make comments against their actions.

Serious questions brought up by the NBCE’s actions include:

1. NBCE states that for students to travel to Greeley to take Part IV, $427 will be the average cost of hotel and airfare. Obviously the NBCE Board members have not been buying their own airline tickets or hotel rooms for quite a while. It’s estimated the figure will be closer to $1500-$1800. Plus, they recommended students would be smart to purchase travel insurance as well. More costs. This doesn't take into account, time off from work, child care, etc.

2. NBCE says that as currently given, Part IV is not efficient. NBCE has not provided the minutes on that discussion. Why are they still taking money from students for an exam that they know is not efficient?

3. The NBCE claims observers will now be able to see clinical decision making. Well, what the heck have they been observing? Will they be better able to observe it in Greeley than they can in the schools? Are they admitting the fact that they are not doing a good job? 

4. My personal favorite. The select your own exam date will enable you to get started on your career early on, "this is the only way". Nonsense. Wouldn't passing courses in college and not taking ANY after the fact board exams enable students to get started on their career the quickest? 

5. "Our study showed increased student confidence". NBCE has not provided any results of student surveys despite being repeatedly asked to do so.

6. When asked about the language they will use to reach and motivate students, the folks at NBCE said, 
·     "We're doing it for you."
·     "We're keeping costs down for you" (otherwise the cost of the exam would have to go up).
·     “More efficient."
·     "Students love it."

7. Have any other options been investigated? Doing away with the exam is certainly an option. 

Please understand that not one chiropractor in the State of New Mexico has taken Part IV in Greeley, CO. I don't consider anyone in this state unqualified to practice because of this fact. If you truly believe that forcing students to go to Greeley at great expense to take Part IV will make them a better chiropractor, then I would ask that you go take Part IV in Greeley if this idiocy becomes reality.

For a podcast doing a deeper dive into the issue, CLICK ON THIS LINK.

Here is a link to a petition against moving Part IV to Greeley, CO. PLEASE CLICK HERE and sign it.

The Chiropractic Freedom Coalition website it at:  https://chiropracticfreedomcoalition.org/. Please join, contribute, and make a difference.

I would also encourage you to follow the Forum for Chiropractic Quality & Integrity Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/227048030681370. They have lots of great articles further explaining the situation.

I encourage you to get involved on some level. Any level. Your silence is surrender.

Dr. Rod Justice
Executive Director
Alliance of New Mexico Chiropractors.
770-355-1492

The Alliance of New Mexico Chiropractors

Mission Statement

 

The Alliance of New Mexico Chiropractors is 100% committed to protecting, promoting and perpetuating chiropractic to benefit the citizens of New Mexico and the chiropractors serving them.

 

Our mission is to profess and promote the ideals and principles of the founder of chiropractic, Dr. D.D. Palmer and the developer of chiropractic, Dr. B.J. Palmer.

 

The ANMC proclaims that locating, analyzing and correcting Vertebral Subluxations is a just and noble cause, which allows people to express 100% of their innate potential for health and overall well-being.

 

The ANMC also notes that chiropractic is and should remain a surgical and pharmaceutical free system of health care.

 

The ANMC recognizes the legal rights of all licensed doctors of chiropractic to practice within the legal parameters of their state law.

 

We welcome as members all, regardless of their practice style, who understand and respect these ideals as set forth by the ANMC.

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