The 1995 legislature, by adopting Mont. Code Ann. Repeals by implication are not favored. You recently provided me with a position paper and transcript of a Board of Medical Examiners meeting. No. 2, that this is not to be construed as allowing any individual to hold themselves out as a certified acupuncturist unless that individual has gone through the certified acupuncturist training and certification. Tr. at 74, lines 15-22.
Great deference is afforded an agency's interpretation of the laws it enforces.
This is particularly true in fields such as medicine, where a high level of expertise exists. I find the Board's interpretation of these statutes to be persuasive. It gives meaning to the majority of the statutes and subsections involved and construes conflicting statutes in a manner which gives effect to each section, while protecting the public from the unlicensed practice of acupuncture. Mont. Code Ann. The Board of Medical Examiners apparently assumes a medical doctor is properly trained to provide treatment with solid needles.