1. To earn a Doctor of Chiropractic degree the candidate must complete a four year program consisting of 4800 hours of classroom, laboratory, and clinical study, including anatomy, physiology, chiropractic technique, radiology, biochemistry, toxicology, biomechanics, nutrition, diagnosis and physical examination, and a clinical internship consisting of one year of hands on clinical experience and training in a professional clinical setting. The CCE is officially recognized as an accreditation agency by the US Department of Education. The CCE is a member of the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation (COPA) and the Council of Specialized Accrediting Agencies (CSSA).

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2. The D.C. must obtain a state license through examination before receiving the privilege of practice.

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3. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico license doctors of Chiropractic. All these jurisdictions include Chiropractic health care in their workers’ compensation statutes.

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4. Chiropractic services are included in Medicare, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, Federal Workers’ Compensation laws, most Federal Employees’ Benefits programs, the Railroad Retirement Act, and the Longshoremen’s & Harbor Workers’ compensation Act.

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5. In the private sector, virtually all commercial insurance carriers include Chiropractic services in their health plans.

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6. The National Conference of Insurance Legislators adopted a model; bill for state health-insurance programs that defines “physician” to include the doctor of Chiropractic.

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7. The Department of Health and Human Services classifies doctors of Chiropractic as category one providers, just like medical doctors, osteopaths, and dentists.

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8. The U.S. Public Health Service classifies doctors of Chiropractic among “medical specialists and practitioners.”

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9. Chiropractic is the third largest health care profession in the Western world behind medicine and dentistry.

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10. 94% of the spinal manipulation done in the U.S. is done by chiropractors.