Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 72 - ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONERS
Subchapter 4 - EDUCATION AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
Section 16-72-14 - Formal education and training requirements
Current through February, 2024
(a) For applicants applying before September 1, 2000:
(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), an applicant who started training prior to December 31, 1984, in a school approved by the board prior to December 31, 1984, and who completed the required training by December 31, 1989, and who files an application with the board before September 1, 2000, may qualify for licensure, provided that the applicant meets the requirements for examination and licensure as provided in chapter 436D, HRS, and rules adopted by the board as they existed on December 31, 1984, so long as the school has not altered its program so as to lower standards for completion of the program, and provided the applicant submits satisfactory proof of graduation from an approved school, and satisfactory proof of completing a course of study of formal education and clinical training consisting of at least one thousand fifty-six hours.
(c) An applicant applying on or after September 1, 2000, shall submit satisfactory proof of graduation from an approved school and satisfactory proof of completing a course of study of formal education and clinical training consisting of at least two thousand one hundred seventy five hours.
The course of study shall cover, but not be limited to, the subjects listed in paragraph (a)(2).