SECTION .0500 - SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OF ACUPUNCTURE

21 NCAC 01 .0501              QUALIFICATIONS FOR ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL FOR ACUPUNCTURE IN NORTH CAROLINA

(a)  For the purposes of this Rule "Acupuncture program" means training in acupuncture offered by an academic institution on a continuing basis.

(b)  In addition to and for the purposes of meeting the requirements of G.S. 90-454(3), in order to be approved as a school of acupuncture an institution must meet the following standards:

(1)           submit a completed application;

(2)           submit fees as required by Rule .0103 of this Chapter;

(3)           offer an Acupuncture program that extends over a minimum of three academic years, six semesters, nine quarters or 27 months, which consists of a minimum of 1800 clock hours with a minimum of 900 hours of didactic and theoretical training and 650 hours of supervised clinic.  A minimum of 400 hours of the 650 hours of clinical training must be actual treatments;

(4)           achieve candidacy status with the National Accreditation Commission for Schools and Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine within one year of beginning classes and maintain accreditation throughout years of operation;

(5)           provide a transcript of grades, as part of the student=s record, that includes the following:  name, address, date of birth, course titles, grades received, number of clock hours per course;

(6)           grant a diploma only after the student has successfully completed the educational program in acupuncture, personally attended all required classes and completed the program requirements.

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

Eff. December 1, 1995;

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