A voluntarily retired license is intended for individuals whose license is in good standing, with no continuing education audit deficiencies, and will no longer actively practice chiropractic in Minnesota. There is no application fee to apply for Voluntarily Retired status, no annual renewal fee, and no requirement for continuing education.
A Doctor of Chiropractic in Voluntarily Retired status who wishes to reinstate to active will be required to:
Submit an application for reinstatement
Pay the current renewal fee
If the license is retired for more than one year, complete a criminal background check and pay the required fee
Submit license verification from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held a chiropractic license
Submit evidence of correcting any outstanding requirements and paying any outstanding fees that existed at the time the license was voluntarily retired
Complete any additional applicable requirements in MINN. STAT. 148.076 subd 3, 4, 5, and 7, such as verification of completing a certain amount of continuing education and the possibility of taking the NBCE SPEC exam.
Review of MINN. STAT. 148.075, MINN. STAT. 148.076, and MINN. STAT. 214.075 is encouraged.
Applications for Voluntarily Retired status may be submitted to the Board at any time of the year. If you are seeking to change status at the end of the year, and prior to the renewal of your license - you must submit your application for Voluntarily Retired status at least 2 weeks in advance of December 31, to allow time for the Board to process and approve it. Applications received after December 31 will still be processed but will be on an expired non-renewed license and will have already incurred late renewal penalties. These penalties are payable upon the reinstatement of your license.
Before December 31 (if current on renewed)
January 1 to February 28 (if not renewed)*
Submit Application for Voluntarily Retired status 2 weeks prior to December 31. (30-days preferred) A late renewal fee has been avoided. If you later reinstate, interim renewal fees and CE will be due, but NO late penalties.
Your license is now expired and late renewal penalties have been incurred. You may still submit the voluntarily retired application; but if you later reinstate, you will be required to correct any outstanding requirements and pay any outstanding fees, such as late fee penalties.
*NOTE: A non-renewed license will be Board Terminated on March 1. Applications to Voluntarily Retire postmarked March 1 or later will require that the licensee first reinstate to Active status. A license cannot change directly from Board Terminated to Voluntarily Retired.
An application to go Voluntarily Retired may be submitted any time of the year. However, if it is just prior to the renewal of your license, you are strongly encouraged to submit it at least 2 weeks in advance of December 31, to allow time for the Board to process and approve it. Applications received after December 31 will still be processed but will be on an expired non-renewed license and will have already incurred late renewal penalties. These penalties are payable upon the reinstatement of your license.
To practice chiropractic in Minnesota, you must first reinstate your license to Active status. Please see the above drop-down menu “Definition & Benefits” for information on reinstatement requirements.
