Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-803 - Acupuncture and eastern medicine practitioner
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXAMINATION - REQUIREMENTS
Section 246-803-220 - Acupuncture and Eastern medicine sciences

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 246-803-220

Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024

To become an acupuncturist or acupuncture and Eastern medicine practitioner, an applicant must have training in acupuncture or Eastern medicine sciences consisting of a minimum of seventy-five quarter credits or fifty semester or trimester credits. These credits must include, but not be limited to, the following subjects of acupuncture/Eastern medicine:

(1) Fundamental principles;

(2) Diagnosis;

(3) Pathology;

(4) Therapeutics;

(5) Meridians/vessels and points; and

(6) Techniques, including electro-acupuncture.

Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.06 RCW and 2010 c 286. 11-17-105, § 246-803-220, filed 8/22/11, effective 9/22/11.

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