California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.7 - Acupuncture › Article 3.5 - Approved Educational and Training Programs › Section 1399.435 - Criteria for Acupuncture and Asian Medicine Training Programs

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
An acupuncture and Asian medicine training program approved
				  by the Board shall adopt the following procedures for its program effective
				  January 1, 2005:
(a) Candidates for
				admission shall have successfully completed at least two (2) academic years (60
				semester credits/90 quarter credits) of education at the baccalaureate level
				that is appropriate preparation for graduate level work, or the equivalent from
				an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of
				Education.
(b) The training program
				should be located in an educational institution approved under Chapter 8
				(commencing with Section
				94800) of Part 59 of Division 10
				of Title 3 of the Education Code or in the case of training programs located
				outside California, in an institution which is approved by the appropriate
				governmental accrediting authority or an accrediting agency recognized by the
				U.S. Department of Education.
(c)
				The training program shall develop a self-study evaluation process to determine
				the effectiveness of its theoretical and clinical program.
(d) Coursework shall carry academic
				credit.
(e) The director and
				supervisor(s) of the clinical portion of the training program shall be a
				licensed acupuncturist in the state where the educational institution is
				located and with at least five (5) years of licensed clinical experience in the
				practice of acupuncture and Asian medicine.
(f) All instructors shall be competent to
				teach their designated courses by virtue of their education, training, and
				experience. All faculty credentials shall be equivalent to the course and
				degree level being taught.
(g) Each
				training program shall develop policies and procedures to evaluate and award
				transfer credit to students for coursework and experience that is equivalent to
				current coursework and clinical instruction required. Such policies and
				procedures shall be defined in the school's catalog and shall include the
				following:
(1) Credit shall only be awarded
				for actual coursework.
(2) Where
				the coursework and clinical instruction were completed at an acupuncture school
				not approved by the Board, the evaluation shall include an examination
				administered and retained by the school in the subject area(s) in which
				transfer credit may be awarded.
(3)
				Up to 100% transfer credit may be awarded for coursework and clinical
				instruction completed successfully at another acupuncture school or college
				that is approved by the Board.
(4)
				Up to 100% transfer credit may be awarded for courses completed successfully in
				basic sciences, clinical medicine, case management, practice management, public
				health, and professional development at a school that is approved under Chapter
				8 (commencing with Section
				94800) of Part 59 of Division 10
				of Title 3 of the Education Code or by an accrediting agency recognized by the
				U.S. Department of Education.
(5)
				Up to 50% credit, by transfer or challenge exam, for clinical practice
				coursework and instruction in acupuncture and Asian medicine principles,
				theories, and treatment procedures completed successfully at a school that is
				not approved by the Board may be awarded by a school approved by the Board,
				provided that at least 50% of the course hours in individual subjects are
				completed successfully at a school approved by the Board.
(6) The entire record of the evaluation and
				award of the student's transfer credit shall be included in the student's
				academic file and shall be made an official part of the student's transcript
				which shall be filed with the Board upon request.
(7) All students shall receive upon
				matriculation a copy of the school's policies and procedures for evaluating and
				awarding transfer credit.