Reinstating A Not Renewed Or Inactive Chiropractic Physician License

The Medical Practice Act and Rules list requirements for bringing a license back to active status when a physician has not renewed during one or more previous three-year license cycles.  This process is called “reinstatement,” which means changing a non-disciplined, not renewed or inactive license back to active status.  Reinstatement is not the same as “restoration,” a completely different process that means removing a license discipline, such as probation, suspension, or revocation.  This article will review requirements for non-disciplinary license reinstatement;restoration from discipline will be addressed in a separate article. (For a list of disciplinary statuses that require a different activation procedure, see information provided at the end of this article.)

Because the requirements are very different for reinstatement and restoration, applicants should carefully confirm they are using the correct forms and procedure for reinstatement.  It is common to hear other terms, such as “reactivation,” used colloquially.   However, because the legal requirements for reinstatement and restoration are not the same, this article will use these terms according to their formal, legal definitions.