Any person desiring to take the examination for a license hereunder shall make application to the board on a form provided by the board and sworn to by the applicant. Such application shall specify that branch of the healing arts in which the applicant desires to be examined and shall be accompanied by the prescribed examination fee and such documents and affidavits as are necessary to show the eligibility of the candidate to take such examination. All applications shall be filed in the form, within the time, and in accordance with the rules of the board.