Students must meet the following criteria to be eligible to sit for the NBCE Exams: Exam Eligibility Based on Academic Progress:
Students must reach a specific term designation within Palmer’s curriculum. This ensures students have successfully completed preparatory coursework tested on each part of the boards. Qualifying trimester/quarter designation varies by campus and is listed below.
Eligibility for students on individual schedule will be determined by the campus registrar.
Part I:
Students must have completed fourth trimester (Main and Florida Campus) or sixth quarter (West Campus) or higher at the time of the examination.
Part II:
Students must have completed seventh trimester (Main or Florida Campus) or ninth quarter (West Campus) or higher at the time of the examination.
Part III:
Students must have completed eighth trimester (Main or Florida Campus) or 10th quarter (West Campus) or higher at the time of the examination, and be within nine months of their anticipated graduation date at the time of the examination administration. The student must also have successfully completed all sections of the Part I National Board exams before the late application deadline.
Part IV:
Students must have successfully completed all sections of Parts I by the Part IV application deadline date and be within six months of graduation at the time of the Part IV examination administration.
Physiotherapy:
Students must have successfully completed a minimum of 120 hours of Physical Therapy (Main campus: Active Care and Passive Care; Florida campus: Special Populations and Active Care and Ergonomics and Passive Care; West campus: Physical Therapy I, Physical Therapy II, Rehabilitation & Exercise I) by the application deadline.
Instruction in physiotherapy must be taken at a chiropractic college whose students are eligible to take the National Board of Chiropractic Examinations, or the courses and institution providing the instruction must be certified by such a college.
