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Department of Health Professions

Board of Physical Therapy

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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7/25/19 1:33 am

Commenter: Shuyu Cao

Don't gentrify medicine.

Dry needling is acupuncture. Dry needling hits pressure points. As a patient I would only feel comfortable if my practitioner were a licensed acupuncturist.

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