N.D. Admin Code 17-02-04-06 - Needle acupuncture

1. "Needle acupuncture" means a system of diagnosis and treatment for the purpose of restoring the body back to health which includes the utilization of needles which may be manipulated or stimulated by hand as well as by electric, magnetic, light, heat, or ultrasound. "Needle acupuncture" does not include electric point stimulation, the use of pressure adjunctive techniques for muscle, ligamentous, or neurologic stimulation or inhibition, or the drawing of blood for the purpose of clinical diagnostic laboratory evaluation.

2. A chiropractor may only practice needle acupuncture if the chiropractor is certified to practice needle acupuncture by the board.

3. A minimum of one hundred hours of training in needle acupuncture sponsored by a council of chiropractic education accredited college of chiropractic is required before a chiropractor may be certified to practice needle acupuncture.

4. The one hundred hours of training in acupuncture must be certified by the sponsoring college and registered by the sponsoring college with the executive director of the board.

5. When the required hours of training are registered by the sponsoring college, the board will issue the chiropractor a letter certifying that the chiropractor is authorized to practice needle acupuncture.

6. Any person who is authorized by the board to practice needle acupuncture shall complete, as a part of the licensed chiropractors' annual requirement, two hours of continuing education in acupuncture or acupuncture-related subjects.

7. If a licenseholder fails to complete the continuing education requirement in subsection 6, the licenseholder shall pay an administrative fee of one hundred dollars and provide proof of required continuing education hours in order to reinstate their ability to perform needle acupuncture.

8. If a licenseholder fails to complete the continuing education requirement in subsection 6 for more than one year, but less than three years, the licenseholder shall pay the administrative fee of one hundred dollars, plus provide proof of completion of an approved twelve-hour recertification seminar.

9. If a licenseholder fails to complete the continuing education requirement in subsection 6 for three or more years, the licenseholder must successfully pass the national board of chiropractic examiners acupuncture examination, or equivalent.

10. If a licenseholder is practicing needle acupuncture in conjunction with a chiropractic practice, the licenseholder is not required to be licensed by the board of integrative health care.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 17-02-04-06

Effective May 1, 1993; amended effective April 1, 2001. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2017-363, January 2017, effective 1/1/2017. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-379, January 2021, effective 1/1/2021.

General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 43-06-04.1

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-06-04.1