Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 007 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Division 33 - Division of Health Related Boards and Commissions › Rule 007.33.20-047 - Rules of the Arkansas State Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
TITLE I
A.
DEFINITIONS:
For the purpose
			 of these rules the following definitions apply in addition to those in the Act.
1. "
Act
" is the Arkansas
			 Acupuncture Practices Act, as found in Ark. Code Ann. §
										17-102-101 et seq.
2. "
Acupuncture
" means the
			 insertion, manipulation, and removal of acupuncture needles from the body, and
			 the use of other modalities and procedures at specific locations on the body,
			 for the prevention, cure, or correction of a malady, illness, injury, pain, or
			 other condition or disorder by controlling and regulating the flow and balance
			 of energy and functioning of the patient to restore and maintain health.
			 Acupuncture shall not be considered surgery.
3. "
Acupuncturist
" means a
			 person licensed under the Act to practice acupuncture and related techniques in
			 the State of Arkansas, and includes the term licensed acupuncturist, and the
			 abbreviation "L.Ac."
4.
			 "
Applicant
" is a person who has submitted to the Board an
			 application for licensure.
5.
			 "
Board
" is the Arkansas State Board of Acupuncture and Related
			 Techniques.
6. "
Clinical
			 Experience
" is the practice of acupuncture and related techniques as
			 defined in the Act, after graduation from an educational program in acupuncture
			 and related techniques as required herein. A year of clinical experience shall
			 be consistent with the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture
			 and Oriental Medicine's (NCCAOM) requirements.
7. "
Institution
" is a school
			 that teaches an educational program in acupuncture and related techniques,
			 certified by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
			 (ACAOM) and that has been approved by the Board, pursuant to Ark. Code Ann.
			 § 17-102- 304(b).
8.
			 "
Licensee
" is an individual licensed pursuant to the Act and
			 defined as an acupuncturist under Title I. A.3. of these Rules. Those persons
			 exempted under §
										17-102-311 shall not be considered
			 as licensed under the Act and shall not use the descriptive term "licensed"
			 referring to an acupuncture practice in Arkansas.
9. "
Moxibustion
" means the use
			 of heat on, or above, or on acupuncture needles, at specific locations on the
			 body for the prevention, cure, or correction of a malady, illness, injury,
			 pain, or other condition or disorder.
10. "
Office
" is the physical
			 facility used for the practice of acupuncture and related techniques.
11. "
Related Techniques
" are the
			 techniques used in the Chinese and Asian traditional healing arts in addition
			 to acupuncture as set out in Title I, Section B, Scope of Practice herein,
			 including Chinese herbs.
12.
			 "
Rules
" are the rules promulgated pursuant to the Act, governing
			 acupuncturists, applicants, educational programs, educational institutions, and
			 all matters covered by the Act.
13.
			 "
Supervised Clinical Practice
" is the observation and application
			 of acupuncture and related techniques in actual treatment situations under
			 appropriate supervision, as defined by NCCAOM.
14. "
Supervision
" is the
			 coordination, direction and continued evaluation at first hand of the person in
			 training or engaged in obtaining clinical practice and shall be provided by a
			 qualified instructor or tutor as set forth in a board-approved institute of
			 acupuncture and related techniques.