(a) The Board will license as an
acupuncturist a person who satisfies the following requirements:
(1) Has successfully completed an acupuncture
educational program which includes a course in needle sterilization
techniques.
(2) Has been certified
by NCCAOM or has obtained a passing grade on the NCCAOM examination component
in acupuncture and sterilization procedures, its successor examination or other
equivalent Board-approved examination. The Board will make available a list of
successor or other equivalent Board-approved examinations on its web site. If
the examination was not taken in English, but is otherwise acceptable and a
passing score was secured, the Board will accept the examination result if the
applicant has also demonstrated English language proficiency by one of the
following methods:
(i) The applicant-s
acupuncture educational program was conducted in English.
(ii) The applicant has achieved a scaled
score of at least 83 on the TOEFL® Internet-based test (IBT), a 220 for the
TOEFL® computer-based test (CBT) or a 550 on the TOEFL® paper based
test (PBT) or an equivalent score on a successor examination of the TOEFL®.
The Board will make available a list of Board-approved successor examinations
on its web site.
(iii) The
applicant has achieved a score of at least 350 on each of the four sub-tests of
the OET for any of the health-related professions.
(iv) The applicant has achieved a passing
score on an English language proficiency examination, equivalent to the
TOEFL® or OET, as determined by the Board. The Board will make available a
list of equivalent Board-approved English language proficiency examinations on
its web site.
(b) The Board will license as an
acupuncturist a medical doctor who satisfies the following requirements:
(1) Has successfully completed 200 hours of
training in acupuncture medical programs including examinations required by
those programs.
(2) Submits an
application to register as an acupuncturist accompanied by the required fee as
provided under §
16.13 (relating to licensure,
certification, examination and registration fees).
(c).
Notes
The
provisions of this § 18.13 adopted January 2, 1987, effective immediately
and applies retroactively to December 31, 1986, 17 Pa.B. 24; amended May 19,
1989, effective 5/20/1989, 19
Pa.B. 2161; amended April 13, 2007, effective 4/14/2007, 37 Pa.B. 1644; amended January 8,
2010, effective 1/9/2010, 40
Pa.B. 250; amended March 25, 2022, effective 3/26/2022, 52 Pa.B. 1899.
Amended by
Pennsylvania
Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 37. September 16, 2023, effective
9/16/2023
The provisions of this § 18.13 amended under
section 3 of the Acupuncture Licensure Act (63 P.S. §
1803); section 8 of the Medical Practice Act
of 1985 (63 P.S. §
422.8); and
23 Pa.C.S. §
6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
5.81 (relating to unprofessional
and immoral conduct); and 49 Pa. Code §
18.13a (relating to requirements
for licensure as a practitioner of Oriental
medicine).
