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 7/26/2019
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7/24/19  4:14 pm
Commenter: MD Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

Dry needle is acupuncture, should only be practiced by an acupuncturist
 

Other professional who want to get acupuncture effective pain managment should get proper acupuncture training before insetting a needle. Physical therapists and chiropractors should only keep practice in their own field, shouldn’t use needles to penetrate human’s skin under a fake name “dry needle”. 

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