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<chapter num="08" heading="Licensure and Registration Examination — Special Needs Applicants" title_num="10" subtitle_num="43">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>These regulations establish the procedures to be followed by examination applicants who have special needs because of a handicap or religious convictions.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Eligibility Requirements.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>An applicant with a disability may request modifications in examination materials or procedures by making a written request to the Board that includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The applicant's name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The date of the examination to be modified;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>A letter from the appropriate medical professional that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Confirms the disability; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Provides information describing the accommodations required; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>A letter from the applicant's education program, indicating what modifications, if any, were granted by the program.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The applicant shall send the request for modification and supporting documentation to the Board by the application deadline.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The Board reserves the right to review each special needs application and evaluate each on its individual merit.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>The applicant may be required to bear the cost of special arrangements or procedures to accommodate the applicant's special needs.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §§3-205 and 3-304, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: October 26, 1992 (19:21 Md. R. 1892)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective January 24, 2000 (27:1 Md. R. 77)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective August 6, 2001 (28:15 Md. R. 1398)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02A amended effective January 24, 2000 (27:1 Md. R. 77)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Subtitle and Chapter name amended to be, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Licensure and Registration Examination — Special Needs Applicants, effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1446)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>