Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 2/24/2017 |
I'm writing to object to the proposed "dry needling " regulation in Virginia. WHO has a clear definition that dry needling is acupuncture and suggests non-physicians should have minimal 1500 hours training in needling medicine to practice acupuncture/dry needling. So to practice acupuncture/dry needling, the non medical doctor practitioner should put himself/herself into a rigorous hours of acupuncture training program; otherwise it is a serious threat to the public health. A massage therapist has to at least fulfill certain hours of training to do massage. A orthopedic surgeon has to fulfill certain hours of training to qualify to do surgery. A chiropractor has to go through a certain hours of training to do chiropractice adjustment. This applied to acupuncture/dry needling as well. This is common sense in medicine where one has to train with minimal number of hours set by the regulation before they can practice.