CA CHIROPRACTIC ETHICS ALL 2026 TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Disclosure required for licensure renewal - ✔✔Any convictions in the US or any
other country and any traffic violations over $500
✔✔Consequence of fraud - ✔✔Revoked license
✔✔Who sends the letter of admonishment (scold) - ✔✔Executive Officer
✔✔What information do you receive in the letter of admonishment? - ✔✔details and
facts of violation
Reference to the Chiro Act
Statue or regulation violated
order of abatement
✔✔How is the letter of admonishment delivered? - ✔✔In writing through personal
delivery or Certified* US Mail service
✔✔When does the letter of abatement take affect? - ✔✔30 days from the *date* of the
letter
✔✔How long do you have to respond to a letter of admonishment? - ✔✔30 days
, ✔✔What options do you have once a letter of admonishment is delivered to you? -
✔✔1. Request office conference w/the Executive Officer
1a. Submit any documents needed for conference
2. Comply with the order and issue/send documentation as proof of compliance
✔✔How long does an executive officer have to inform you of their decision of a
conference contesting a letter of admonishment? - ✔✔14 days
personally served or by *Certified US Mail*
✔✔Can you appeal the Executive Officer's decision resulting from a conference
contesting a letter of admonishment? - ✔✔No. The decision is FINAL.
✔✔How long do you have to comply or show proof of compliance with an order of
abatement after a conference contesting the letter of admonishment if the final decision
is that you comply with the letter? - ✔✔30 days from the date it was *mailed*
✔✔Do all citations have an associated fine? - ✔✔No, a citation may be issued w/o the
assessment of a fine
✔✔How will a citation be served? - ✔✔In writing
Describe facts of violation ("...with particularity")
Reference to law or regulation violated
Served in person or *certified US Mail*
✔✔Practicing w/o a license charge - ✔✔Prohibit you from getting a license for a
designated "fixed" period of time
Fine up to $5000
✔✔Two options to contest a citation (different from letter of admonishment)? -
✔✔Written request to the board w/in 30 days from the DATE of the citation (not when
you receive it) for a hearing
May also w/in 14 days request an informal hearing with the Executive Officer
✔✔What is the process if you go through an informal hearing with the Executive Officer
to contest a citation? - ✔✔Conference w/in 30 days of when they receive the request
Written decision w/in 14 days from the date of the informal conference
Decision is FINAL
If citation is dismissed - hearing will be automatically withdrawn
If citation is affirmed - proceed with hearing or withdraw hearing and comply with citation
✔✔How can you get an extension on an order of abatement or citation? - ✔✔After
reasonable diligence, you can request, in writing, an extension from the Executive
Officer.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Disclosure required for licensure renewal - ✔✔Any convictions in the US or any
other country and any traffic violations over $500
✔✔Consequence of fraud - ✔✔Revoked license
✔✔Who sends the letter of admonishment (scold) - ✔✔Executive Officer
✔✔What information do you receive in the letter of admonishment? - ✔✔details and
facts of violation
Reference to the Chiro Act
Statue or regulation violated
order of abatement
✔✔How is the letter of admonishment delivered? - ✔✔In writing through personal
delivery or Certified* US Mail service
✔✔When does the letter of abatement take affect? - ✔✔30 days from the *date* of the
letter
✔✔How long do you have to respond to a letter of admonishment? - ✔✔30 days
, ✔✔What options do you have once a letter of admonishment is delivered to you? -
✔✔1. Request office conference w/the Executive Officer
1a. Submit any documents needed for conference
2. Comply with the order and issue/send documentation as proof of compliance
✔✔How long does an executive officer have to inform you of their decision of a
conference contesting a letter of admonishment? - ✔✔14 days
personally served or by *Certified US Mail*
✔✔Can you appeal the Executive Officer's decision resulting from a conference
contesting a letter of admonishment? - ✔✔No. The decision is FINAL.
✔✔How long do you have to comply or show proof of compliance with an order of
abatement after a conference contesting the letter of admonishment if the final decision
is that you comply with the letter? - ✔✔30 days from the date it was *mailed*
✔✔Do all citations have an associated fine? - ✔✔No, a citation may be issued w/o the
assessment of a fine
✔✔How will a citation be served? - ✔✔In writing
Describe facts of violation ("...with particularity")
Reference to law or regulation violated
Served in person or *certified US Mail*
✔✔Practicing w/o a license charge - ✔✔Prohibit you from getting a license for a
designated "fixed" period of time
Fine up to $5000
✔✔Two options to contest a citation (different from letter of admonishment)? -
✔✔Written request to the board w/in 30 days from the DATE of the citation (not when
you receive it) for a hearing
May also w/in 14 days request an informal hearing with the Executive Officer
✔✔What is the process if you go through an informal hearing with the Executive Officer
to contest a citation? - ✔✔Conference w/in 30 days of when they receive the request
Written decision w/in 14 days from the date of the informal conference
Decision is FINAL
If citation is dismissed - hearing will be automatically withdrawn
If citation is affirmed - proceed with hearing or withdraw hearing and comply with citation
✔✔How can you get an extension on an order of abatement or citation? - ✔✔After
reasonable diligence, you can request, in writing, an extension from the Executive
Officer.
