Is there a tuition charge for the initial training program for a Healthsource Chiropractic franchise?
Healthsource_Chiropractic Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- a. At least 30 days before the Franchise opens for business, you and your staff that we designate must attend our initial training program for your Franchise (the "Initial Training") at the time and place we designate. You (if you are an individual), the Principal Owners (if you are a legal entity), your General Manager (if any) and all other employees must complete this initial training program to our satisfaction. The Initial Training currently includes virtual classroom and self-directed instruction and Franchise operation training, but may in the future be conducted at our training facility, an affiliate, a conference facility, a HealthSource Chiropractic Franchise location we designate, your Franchise location, and/or at another location we designate. Our Initial Training programs may be different for each employee depending on their responsibilities at the Franchise. There will be no tuition charge for the persons whom we require to attend any Initial Training program. All persons who attend our Initial Training must attend and complete the Initial Training to our satisfaction. If we, in our sole discretion, determine that any General Manager or employee is unable to satisfactorily complete such Initial Training program, then you must not hire that person, and must hire a substitute General Manager or employee (as the case may be), who must enroll in the Initial Training program within 15 days thereafter, and complete the Initial Training to our satisfaction.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 77–282)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Healthsource Chiropractic Franchise Agreement, there is no tuition charge for the initial training program that Healthsource Chiropractic requires franchisees and their employees to attend. This initial training is mandatory and must be completed to Healthsource Chiropractic's satisfaction. The training includes virtual classroom and self-directed instruction, as well as franchise operation training. The location may vary, potentially taking place at a training facility, an affiliate location, a HealthSource Chiropractic franchise, or another designated location.
While there is no tuition fee for the initial training program itself, franchisees are responsible for all wages, travel, lodging, meal, transportation, and personal expenses incurred by their personnel while attending any mandatory or optional training programs. This includes the annual conference, which all principal owners, general managers, and chiropractors employed by a professional corporation servicing patients must attend. Healthsource Chiropractic will not charge a fee to attend the annual conference, but will collect fees imposed by third parties relating to the annual conference, such as fees charged for food and beverage.
Franchisees should be aware that Healthsource Chiropractic reserves the right to offer additional ongoing training programs and franchise owner meetings, some of which may be mandatory. Franchisees are required to ensure their employees obtain all certifications and licenses required by law to perform their duties. Additionally, franchisees must establish any training programs for their employees and/or independent contractors that Healthsource Chiropractic may prescribe in writing from time to time.