A. Every
acupuncturist must earn or receive not less than thirty (30) hours of
acupuncture related continuing education courses as precedent to renewing their
license for the next fiscal year. This thirty (30) hours is per two-year cycle.
Excess hours may not be carried over to another two-year cycle.
. Continuing education courses must be sponsored and/or approved by
one of the following organizations:
1.
Mississippi Council of Advisors in Acupuncture
2. Mississippi Oriental Medicine
Association
3. American Society of
Acupuncturists
4. National
Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
5. American Acupuncture Council
6. The Acupuncture and TCM Board of
Reproductive Medicine
7. Future
NCCAOM approved CEU organizations
B. All persons licensed as acupuncturists
must comply with the following continuing education rules as a prerequisite to
license renewal.
1. Acupuncturists receiving
their initial license to perform acupuncture in Mississippi after June 30 are
exempt from the minimum continuing education requirement for the two-year
period following their receiving a license. The thirty (30) hour continuing
education certification will be due within the next two-year cycle.
2. The approved hours of any individual
course or activity will not be counted more than once in a two (2) year period
toward the required hour total regardless of the number of times the course or
activity is attended or completed by any individual.
3. The Board may waive or otherwise modify
the requirements of this rule in cases where there is illness, military
service, disability or other undue hardship that prevents a license holder from
obtaining the requisite number of continuing education hours. Requests for
waivers or modification must be sent in writing to the Executive Director prior
to the expiration of the renewal period in which the continuing education is
due.
4. Submission of current
four-year cycle NCCAOM recertification may count as sufficient in fulfilling
the two-year cycle CE requirements in Mississippi, at the discretion of the
Executive Director of the board.
