Haw. Code R. § 16-72-17 - Academic standards for the use of titles
(a)
Subject to the provisions herein, a licensee may use an earned degree title if
the licensee has completed education in an approved school that includes
acupuncture coursework related to the degree.
(b) A licensee who was previously authorized
by the board to use a doctoral designation may continue to use that designation
until September 1, 2000.
(c)
Commencing on September 1, 2000, no licensee shall be allowed to use the
doctoral designations "Doctor of Acupuncture", "D.Ac.", or similar title unless
that licensee has applied to and received the approval of the board to use the
designation. In order for the licensee to receive the board's approval, the
licensee shall demonstrate that the licensee has:
(1) An earned doctoral degree in acupuncture
or traditional Oriental medicine from an approved school, or shall have
completed a program approved by the board in the study or practice of
acupuncture or traditional Oriental medicine that consisted of at least five
hundred hours in advanced academic education and training that is beyond that
required for the L.Ac. entry level. The five hundred hours may include any
combination of topics covered in categories I and II listed in "Appendix A"
dated April 6, 2000, entitled "Doctoral Program" for determination of
credential evaluation; and
(2) At
least one thousand five hundred hours of clinical training and practice of
acupuncture, traditional Oriental herbal medicine, or traditional Oriental
physiotherapy, which may include laboratory work and presentation of scholastic
instruction, that was obtained after the person commenced the doctoral
studies.
(d) In
determining whether a licensee meets the requirements to use the doctoral
designation, the board may require additional information including, but not
limited to, the licensee's school catalog course descriptions and documentation
of the clinical training and practice of acupuncture.
(e) A licensee who has earned a doctoral
title and who wishes to use a doctoral designation after September 1, 2000,
shall comply with subsection (c) herein.
(f) A licensee who has been awarded a "Ph.D."
in acupuncture or traditional Oriental medicine shall be considered a
non-practitioner and shall be permitted to use the designation of "Ph.D." in
accordance with subsection
436E-13(b),
HRS.
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