Utah Admin. Code R156-73-601 - Competency Requirements to Perform Acupuncture
The requirements to demonstrate competency and training to perform clinical acupuncture include:
(1) Licensees who provided acupuncture
services as a part of their practice prior to January 1, 2002 are not required
to meet the requirements of Subsections (2) or (3), but are required to
complete a recognized clinical acupuncture course sponsored by an institution
or organization approved to sponsor continuing education, as defined in Section
R156-73-303 b, consisting of at
least 100 classroom hours of instruction and passing a certifying examination
in order to continue to provide clinical acupuncture as a part of their
practice after January 1, 2002.
(2)
Licensees who begin providing clinical acupuncture as a part of their practice
on or after January 1, 2002 and prior to January 1, 2005 shall:
(a) complete a recognized clinical
acupuncture course sponsored by an institution or organization approved to
sponsor continuing education, as defined in Section
R156-73-303 b, consisting of at
least 200 classroom hours of instruction and passing a certifying examination;
or
(b) complete a recognized
clinical acupuncture course sponsored by an institution or organization
approved to sponsor continuing education, as defined in Section
R156-73-303b, consisting of at
least 100 classroom hours of instruction, passing a certifying examination, and
completing 100 hours of clinical experience under the indirect supervision of a
licensed health care provider who has met the requirements in Subsection (1) or
(2)(a), and has practiced clinical acupuncture for at least two
years.
(3) Licensees who
begin providing clinical acupuncture as a part of their practice on or after
January 1, 2005 shall:
(a) meet the
requirements to take and receive a passing score on the NBCE Acupuncture
Examination; or
(b) meet the
requirements to take and receive a passing score on the National Certification
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)
Examination.
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