Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Licensure of Athletic Trainers [18 VAC 85 ‑ 120]
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5/6/25  12:22 am
Commenter: Anonymous

Strongly Oppose
 

The use of acupuncture techniques is, by law, restricted to the acupuncture license scope of practice. These regulations were made for very good reasons: safety, efficacy, and respect for huge medical systems that originated well before PTs and MDs were even a whisper of an idea in someone’s mind. It takes years to train a decently competent acupuncturist and East Asian medical specialist. It is insulting and wrong to permit use of acupuncture to 1-2 week workshop participants. Please strike this down.

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