About the Board
- Examines and licenses qualified chiropractors;
- Conducts investigations to ensure that practitioners comply with generally accepted standards of practice or conduct;
- Restricts or revokes licenses when generally accepted standards of practice or conduct are not met.
For more detailed information, you may want to review the Division of Registrations Budget Narrative, which includes the following:
- Division Description and General Information
- Trends/Environmental Scan
- Critical Issues
- Program Functions and Business Activities
- Workload Measures
Funding Sources
Expenditures and revenues are not always equal. Revenue needs and fee amounts are based on estimated expenses and numbers of revenue payers. These estimates may vary from actual expenses and numbers of payers. Revenue collected that exceeds expenditures remains with the agency and is considered when calculating total revenue needed for the following year.
The following table displays the amount of revenue generated and the amount of expenditures for the Board of Chiropractic Examiners for fiscal years 05-06 and 06-07, and an estimate for fiscal year 07-08.
Revenue |
Expenditures |
|
FY 05-06
Actual |
$353,714 |
$265,798 |
FY 06-07
Actual |
$340,402 |
$310,841 |
FY 07-08
Estimate |
$245,446 |
$305,658 |
The following pie chart shows the estimated sources of revenue for
fiscal year 07-08.
(100%
Professional and Occupational Licensing)
The following pie chart shows the expenditures for Fiscal Year 07-08.
(56% Enforcement;
21% Communication; 21% Licensing; 2% Examining for Licensure)
Note:
Phases of the examination process have been privatized (outsourced)
in the Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
The Board of Chiropractic Examiners is cash-funded from fees pursuant to Colorado statute. Fees are paid for registration and licensing in the chiropractic profession.
Fee amounts are established annually for the purpose of covering direct and indirect costs incurred by the Board for licensing and enforcement.
The Board licenses chiropractors. Chiropractors who wish to practice electrotherapy or acupuncture must provide the Board with proof of additional education in that area. The Board sets standards for unlicensed personnel who operate x-ray machines or administer radiation for diagnostic purposes.
- There will be ongoing regulation in health related professions, with increasing efforts to get impaired practitioners into treatment programs or removed from practice.
- Expanding consumer awareness has resulted in increases in complaints filed against health care practitioners. This trend is expected to continue.
- There is a nationwide trend to expand health care options to alternative medicine and practitioners who provide such services. One trend is toward reimbursement by insurers for such services. Consumer use of alternative health care providers is increasing. In some cases, alternative providers are forging closer ties to traditional providers and health systems.
- There is an ongoing trend to reduce unnecessary or burdensome regulatory barriers to licensing and endorsement of chiropractors by promoting and allowing all qualified chiropractors to practice in Colorado.
- The increasing
impact of electronic media, including the Internet, is positively
impacting the regulatory process. Chiropractors may now renew
licenses, change addresses online, and check the status of pending
licensing applications.
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