SECTION .0400 - PRACTICE PARAMETERS AND PROCEDURES

21 NCAC 01 .0401             PRACTICE PARAMETERS

The following are the practice parameters for acupuncturists in North Carolina:

(1)           A licensed acupuncturist shall practice within the scope of training offered by a college accredited, or in candidacy status, by the National Accreditation Commission for Schools and Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

(2)           A licensed acupuncturist must practice within the confines of his training.  Parameters for diagnosis and treatment of patients include, Five Elements, Eight Principles, Yin Yang Theory, Channel Theory, Zang Fu Organ Theory, Six Stages and Four Aspects of Disease Progressions.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-454;

Eff. August 1, 1995;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. November 12, 2014.