Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 72 - ACUPUNCTURE PRACTITIONERS › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 16-72-3 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
The definition of terms as appearing in chapter
				  436E, HRS, shall be adopted by
				  reference. In addition, as used in this chapter, the following definitions
				  shall be included:
"Acupuncture needle" means a straight, slender rod of
				  various length and diameter, tapered to a sharp point at one end for piercing
				  the skin, with one end for manipulation or maintaining the needle in place, and
				  inserted by an acupuncture practitioner into acupuncture points on the human
				  body. A staple is not an acupuncture needle.
"Acupuncture practitioner" means a person holding a valid
				  license issued by the board of acupuncture in the State.
"Approved post-secondary school" or "post-secondary school"
				  means:
(1) An institute, school, or college accredited by or
				  recognized as a candidate for accreditation by an accrediting body recognized
				  by the United States Department of Education;
(2) An institute, school, or college which, at the time the
				  applicant completed the acupuncture courses, was accredited or a candidate for
				  accreditation by an accrediting body recognized by the United States Department
				  of Education; or
(3) An institute, school or college whose curriculum is
				  approved by the board, but which was not accredited or recognized as a
				  candidate for accreditation because accreditation in acupuncture or another
				  field of medical study was not yet available.
"Approved post-secondary school" in the case of a foreign
				  school means an institute, school or college which is licensed, approved, or
				  accredited by the appropriate governmental authority or an agency recognized by
				  a governmental authority of that country and whose curriculum is approved by
				  the board.
"Approved school", "school approved by the board", or
				  similar words or phrases used in reference to an institute, school, college, or
				  program of acupuncture or traditional Oriental medicine that includes
				  acupuncture means:
(1) For a person who files an application with the board
				  prior to September 1, 2000, an institute, school, college, or program of
				  acupuncture, or traditional Oriental medicine which, at the time of the
				  applicant's graduation, is licensed, approved, a candidate for accreditation,
				  or accredited by the appropriate governmental authority or an agency recognized
				  by a governmental authority in that jurisdiction, state, or country and whose
				  curriculum is approved by the board; or
(2) For a person who files an application with the board on
				  or after September 1, 2000, an institute, school, college, or program of
				  acupuncture or traditional Oriental medicine, which, at the time of the
				  applicant's graduation, is accredited or recognized as a candidate for
				  accreditation by any acupuncture or traditional Oriental medicine accrediting
				  body recognized by the United States Department of Education; Provided that
				  "approved school" in the case of a foreign school means an institute, school,
				  college, or program with a formal program in the science of acupuncture or
				  traditional Oriental medicine which is licensed, approved, or accredited by the
				  appropriate governmental authority or an agency recognized by a governmental
				  authority in that country and whose curriculum is approved by the board.
"Board" means the board of acupuncture.
"Contact hour" or "hour" means a minimum of fifty minutes of
				  organized classroom instruction or practical clinical training.
"Director" means the director of the department of commerce
				  and consumer affairs.
"Functional disorder" means a condition of the human body in
				  which the symptoms cannot be referred to any organic lesion or change of
				  structure, as opposed to an organic disorder.
"Office" means the physical facilities used for the practice
				  of acupuncture.
"Traditional Oriental medicine" means the system of the
				  healing art which places the chief emphasis on the flow and balance of energy
				  in the human body as being the most important factor in maintaining the
				  well-being of the body in health and disease and includes the practice of
				  acupuncture and herbal medicine.