Protect the safety of your constituents by keeping needles in qualified hands!  
To assert that the use of a filiform needle— only recently rebranded from acupuncture needles to needles for dry needling—is not acupuncture is absurd. Chinese medicine has recognized trigger points for thousands of years under the name “ashi.” Licensed acupuncturists receive hundreds of hours of training in needling, contraindications to needling certain areas, patients, or under certain conditions as well as how to handle an adverse reactions from micro bleeding to vasovagal syncope. The occurrence rate of pneumothorax is much higher among non-acupuncturists than with acupuncturists. Acupuncturists are required to pass a national Clean Needle Technique Course and many states require NCCAOM certification to obtain an acupuncture license.
Physical therapy has no history of invasive procedures in their scope of practice, meaning nothing pierces the skin. In the medical system of Chinese medicine, acupuncture would be considered at the same level of surgery because of its invasive nature.

Incidentally, the general public has not been able to distinguish between “dry needling” and acupuncture as they appear to be the same procedure. Trigger point acupuncture/dry needling can elicit very strong, often uncomfortable sensations. When performed by an individual who has received minimal training in handling a filiform needle, it can be extremely painful, resulting in the patient associating acupuncture with pain. The American Medical Association agrees that this technique should only be performed by acupuncturists. You should too.