Haw. Code R. § 16-72-14 - Formal education and training requirements
(a) For
applicants applying before September 1, 2000:
(1) An applicant shall submit satisfactory
proof of graduation from an approved school, and satisfactory proof of
completing a course of study of formal education and clinical training
consisting of not less than one thousand five hundred hours.
(2) To satisfy the formal educational
requirements, the applicant shall complete a course of study resulting in the
award of a certificate or diploma, consisting of not less than two academic
years (not less than six hundred hours) of study of acupuncture or traditional
Oriental medicine. The course of study shall cover, but shall not be limited
to, the following subjects:
(A) History and
philosophy of traditional Oriental medicine (Nei-Ching, Taoism, Chi and Hsieh,
Yin and Yang, and others);
(B)
Traditional human anatomy, including location of acupuncture points;
(C) Traditional physiology, including the
five elements organ theory;
(D)
Traditional clinical diagnosis, including pulse diagnosis;
(E) Pathology, including the six Yin and
seven Chin;
(F) Laws of acupuncture
(mother and son, husband and wife, and five elements);
(G) Classification and function of
points;
(H) Needle
techniques;
(I)
Complications;
(J) Forbidden
points;
(K)
Resuscitation;
(L) Safety and
precautions;
(M) Use of electrical
devices for diagnosis and treatment;
(N) Public health and welfare;
(O) Hygiene and sanitation;
(P) Oriental herbal studies; and
(Q) Clinical acupuncture practice.
(3) To satisfy the clinical
training requirements, the applicant shall complete a course of training
consisting of not less than twelve months (not less than nine hundred hours) of
clinical internship training under the direct supervision of a licensed
acupuncturist. The clinical internship training requirements may be obtained
from a licensed acupuncturist at an approved school or from another clinical
setting, from a licensed acupuncturist in private practice, or from any
combination thereof. The licensed acupuncturist providing direct supervision
shall:
(A) Have been licensed and actively
practicing for a period of not less than five years prior to the start of the
applicant's clinical internship training; and
(B) Have had a current, valid, and
unencumbered license during the course of supervision.
(b) Notwithstanding the
requirements of subsection (a), an applicant who started training prior to
December 31, 1984, in a school approved by the board prior to December 31,
1984, and who completed the required training by December 31, 1989, and who
files an application with the board before September 1, 2000, may qualify for
licensure, provided that the applicant meets the requirements for examination
and licensure as provided in chapter 436D, HRS, and rules adopted by the board
as they existed on December 31, 1984, so long as the school has not altered its
program so as to lower standards for completion of the program, and provided
the applicant submits satisfactory proof of graduation from an approved school,
and satisfactory proof of completing a course of study of formal education and
clinical training consisting of at least one thousand fifty-six hours.
(1) To satisfy the formal education
requirements, the applicant shall have completed a course of study consisting
of a minimum duration of eighteen months (at least five hundred seventy-six
hours) of acupuncture or traditional Oriental medicine. The course of study
shall cover, but not be limited to, the subjects listed in paragraph
(a)(2).
(2) To satisfy the clinical
training requirements, the applicant shall have completed a course of training
consisting of a minimum duration of six months (at least four hundred eighty
hours) of clinical training in the practice of acupuncture on human subjects
under the direct supervision of a licensed acupuncturist. The clinical training
requirements may have been obtained at an approved school, or from another
clinical setting, from a licensed acupuncturist in private practice or from any
combination thereof.
(c)
An applicant applying on or after September 1, 2000, shall submit satisfactory
proof of graduation from an approved school and satisfactory proof of
completing a course of study of formal education and clinical training
consisting of at least two thousand one hundred seventy five hours.
(1) To satisfy the formal educational
requirements, the applicant shall complete an acupuncture and traditional
Oriental medicine course of study consisting of not less than one thousand five
hundred fifteen hours.
The course of study shall cover, but not be limited to, the subjects listed in paragraph (a)(2).
(2) To satisfy the clinical training
requirements, the applicant shall complete a course of training consisting of
not less than six hundred sixty hours under the supervision of a licensed
acupuncturist. The clinical training requirements shall be obtained at an
approved school and shall not be obtained from a licensed acupuncturist in
private practice or another clinical setting unless it is a part of the
clinical training curriculum of an approved school.
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