Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Physical Therapy
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy [18 VAC 112 ‑ 20]
Action Practice of dry needling
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 2/24/2017
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1/22/17  6:29 pm
Commenter: Yingzhe. Li

There is no dry needling, only acupuncture.
 

Without doubt that dry needling is part of acupuncture, which needs acupuncture license to practice and is beyond PT's practice scope. PT want to do acupuncture under the name of dry needling,which will have potential risk to public health. 

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