Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 190 - Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques › Rule 190.00.05-001 - Amendments / Revisions to Rules: Title I B(4), Title III A.2(b)3, Title III C.1, Title III C.2, Title IV A.4, Title IV B.2(a), Title IV B.2(b)(c)(d)

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
RULES AND REGULATIONS ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF ACUPUNCTURE
					& RELATED TECHNIQUES
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 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 as a doctor of healing arts to practice acupuncture and related
				techniques in the State of Arkansas, and includes the terms licensed
				acupuncturist, certified acupuncturist, acupuncture practitioner, oriental
				acupuncture practitioner, and doctor of oriental medicine.
4. "Applicant" is a person who has submitted
				to the Board an application for licensure.
5.
a.
				"Applicant for Grandfather Licensure" is a person who has submitted to the
				Board an application for grandfather licensure pursuant to Ark, Code Ann.
				§
										17-102-202(a).
b. "Applicant
				for Provisional Licensure" is a person who has submitted to the Board an
				application for provisional licensure pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §
										17-102-202(b).
6.
				"Board" is the Arkansas State Board of Acupuncture and Related
				Techniques.
7. "Clinical
				Experience" is the practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine as defined in
				the Act, after graduation from an educational program in acupuncture and
				oriental medicine. A year of clinical experience shall be consistent with the
				National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental
				Medicine's (NCCAOM) requirements.
8. "Doctor of Oriental Medicine" is an
				individual licensed to practice acupuncture and related techniques, including
				oriental medicine, pursuant to the Act and as such has responsibility for his
				or her patient as an independent specialty care provider.
9. "Institution" is a school that teaches an
				educational program in acupuncture and oriental medicine, which includes
				acupuncture and related techniques, and that has been approved by the Board,
				pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §
									17-102-204(b).
10. "Licensee" is an individual licensed
				pursuant to the Act and defined under Title I (3) of these Rules.
11. "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.
12. "Office"
				is the physical facility used for the practice of acupuncture and oriental
				medicine.
13. "Rules" are the rules
				and regulations, promulgated pursuant to the Act, governing Doctors of Oriental
				Medicine, Applicants, Applicants for provisional licensure, Applicants for
				grandfather licensure, educational programs, educational institutions, and all
				matters covered by the Act.
14.
				"Supervised Clinical Practice" is the observation and application of
				acupuncture and oriental medical practice in actual treatment situations under
				appropriate supervision, as defined by NCCAOM.
15. "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 oriental
				medicine.
16. "Provisional
				Licensee" is an individual who holds a provisional license pursuant to the
				provisions of Ark. Code Ann. §
									17-102-202(b).