Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
In addition to and for the purposes of meeting the
requirements of
G.S.
90-455, an applicant for licensure to
practice acupuncture shall satisfy requirements one through six and eight
listed below or requirements one through five and requirements seven and eight
listed below:
(1) Submit a completed
application;
(2) Submit fees as
required by Rule .0103 of this Section;
(3) Ensure that an official copy of a
diploma, transcript, license or certificate, examination score, or other
document required for application is forwarded directly to the Board by the
issuing entity or its successor organization or designated state agency.
Documents shall have an official or government seal or written verification
authenticating the document;
(4) If
the applicant sat for the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) examination on or before June 30, 2004, the
applicant shall submit proof that he or she passed the acupuncture written exam
and the point location exam as established and determined by NCCAOM or its
successor organization. If the applicant sat for the licensing examination
after June 30, 2004, the applicant shall submit proof that he or she passed, as
determined by NCCAOM, the following four NCCAOM modules: Foundations of
Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture, Biomedicine and Point Location;
(5) Submit proof that he or she passed the
Clean Needle Technique course as offered and determined by the Council of
Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM) or its successor
organization;
(6) Submit proof of
satisfying the education requirements listed below:
(a) US Trained Applicants. All U.S. trained
applicants shall graduate from a three-year postgraduate acupuncture college,
accredited by or in candidacy status by the Accreditation Commission for
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) or its successor
organization.
(b) Foreign Trained
Applicants. All foreign trained applicants shall graduate from a postgraduate
acupuncture college that meets the curricular requirements of ACAOM. The
college shall also be approved by either:
(i)
A foreign government's Ministry of Education;
(ii) A foreign government's Ministry of
Health;
(iii) A governmental agency
that is comparable to a division or department of the US Government charged
with educational accreditation; or
(iv) A private foreign accreditation agency
that has an accreditation process and standards substantially equivalent to
that of ACAOM, and that is recognized for that purpose by the substantially
equivalent governmental entity in that foreign country. The educational
institutions shall meet the curricular requirements of ACAOM.
(c) The documents substantiating
that the U.S. trained applicant has met the specified requirements shall be
submitted as follows:
(i) The educational
program or governmental agency from which the applicant received the
certificate or diploma shall send an official copy of the applicant's
transcript directly to the Board in a sealed envelope.
(ii) By its submission of this transcript,
the program or agency shall verify the applicant's satisfactory completion of
the required ACAOM academic and clinical education and designate the completed
courses and the hours of study completed in each subject.
(d) The documents substantiating that the
Foreign trained applicant has met the specified requirements shall be submitted
as follows:
(i) The educational program or
governmental agency from which the applicant received the certificate or
diploma shall send an official copy of the applicant's transcript directly to
the Board in a sealed envelope;
(ii) By submission of this transcript, the
program or agency shall verify the applicant's satisfactory completion of his
or her clinical education and designate the completed courses and hours of
study earned in each subject;
(iii)
The applicant, at his or her own expense, shall submit an accurate English
translation that interprets all documents submitted in a foreign language. Each
translated document shall bear the affidavit of the translator certifying that
he or she is competent in both the language of the document and the English
language and that the translation is a true and complete translation of the
foreign language original. Each translated document shall also bear the
affidavit of the applicant, certifying that the translation is a true and
complete translation of the original. Each affidavit shall be signed before a
notary public; and
(iv) All foreign
trained applicants, at his or her expense, shall submit their transcripts for
evaluation by a foreign credential evaluation service to determine if the
applicant's course work is equivalent to that required of an applicant from a
three-year postgraduate acupuncture college accredited by the Accreditation
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). This includes a
subject-by-subject analysis that meets the curricular requirements of ACAOM in
effect at the time of certification by the National Certification Commission
for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in the acupuncture written and
point location examinations. The applicant may use a current member of the
National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offices (AACRAO);
(7) Practice
Requirements:
(a) The applicant shall fulfill
the requirements set forth in
G.S.
90-455.
(b) Disciplinary action, as used in Article
30 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes, means censure, suspension, or
revocation but does not include a letter of caution, warning or admonition;
and
(8) Submit a license
history stating the disciplinary record of the applicant to reflect any
censure, suspension or revocation. The record shall be sent directly to the
Board by each state board in which the applicant has been licensed to practice
acupuncture.
Authority
G.S.
90-451;
90-454;
90-455;
Temporary
Adoption Eff. March 18, 1994 for a period of 180 days or until the permanent
rule becomes effective, whichever is sooner;
Eff. August 1,
1996;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2007; July 1, 2000; April 1, 1999;
August 1, 1995;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. November 12,
2014.
