Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 21 - Acupuncturists and Acupuncture Detoxification Specialists › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XLV-2103 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this Chapter and Chapter 51, the following
						terms shall have the meanings specified.
Acupuncture Practice Act
or
Act
- R.S. 37:1356-1360, as hereafter amended or
						supplemented.
Acupuncture
- treatment by means of
						mechanical, thermal, or electrical stimulation effected by the insertion of
						needles at a point or combination of points on the surface of the body
						predetermined on the basis of the theory of the physiological interrelationship
						of body organs with an associated point or combination of points, or the
						application of heat or electrical stimulation to such point or points, for the
						purpose of inducing anesthesia, relieving pain, or healing diseases, disorders,
						and dysfunctions of the body, or achieving a therapeutic or prophylactic effect
						with respect thereto.
Acupuncture Detoxification (acu detox)
-
						the treatment by means of insertion of acupuncture needles in a combination of
						points on the ear in accordance with NADA protocol. The performance of
						acupuncture detoxification constitutes a subcategory of the practice of
						acupuncture.
Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist
(
ADS
)-an individual who possesses current certification, duly
						issued by the board, to practice acupuncture detoxification under the
						supervision of a physician or licensed acupuncturist.
Applicant
-a person who has applied to
						the board for certification as a physician acupuncturist, licensed
						acupuncturist or acupuncture detoxification specialist in the state of
						Louisiana.
Application
- a request directed to and
						received by the board, in a format approved by the board, for certification to
						perform or practice acupuncture or acupuncture detoxification in the state of
						Louisiana, together with all information, certificates, documents, and other
						materials required by the board to be submitted with such forms.
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
						Medical Examiners.
Certification
- the board's official
						recognition of an individual's current certificate, duly issued by the board,
						evidencing the board's certification of such individual under the law.
Clinical Practice Guidelines or Protocols
						(guidelines
or
protocols)-
Repealed.
General Supervision
- as used in this
						Chapter and Chapter 51, shall mean responsible oversight of the services
						rendered by an acupuncture detoxification specialist as specified in §5106. B of these rules.
Good Moral Character
- as applied to an
						applicant, means that:
a. the applicant, if a physician, has not, prior to or
						during the pendency of an application to the board, been guilty of any act,
						omission, condition, or circumstance which would provide legal cause under
						R.S.
						37:1285 for the denial, suspension, or
						revocation of medical licensure;
b. the applicant has not, prior to or during the pendency
						of an application to the board, been culpable of any act, omission, condition,
						or circumstance which would provide cause under
						§5113 of these rules for the suspension
						or revocation of certification as a physician acupuncturist, licensed
						acupuncturist, or acupuncture detoxification specialist;
c. the applicant has not, prior to or in connection with
						his application, made any representation to the board, knowingly or
						unknowingly, which is in fact false or misleading as to a material fact or
						omits to state any fact or matter that is material to the application;
						or
d. the applicant has not made any representation or
						failed to make a representation or engaged in any act or omission which is
						false, deceptive, fraudulent, or misleading in achieving or obtaining any of
						the qualifications for certification required by this Chapter.
Licensed Acupuncturist
(
LAc
)-an individual, other than a physician possessing a
						current license, duly issued by the board to practice acupuncture in this
						state.
NADA
- the National Acupuncture
						Detoxification Association.
Physical Practice
						Location
-Repealed.
Physician
- an individual lawfully
						entitled to engage in the practice of medicine in this state as evidenced by a
						current, unrestricted license duly issued by the board.
Physician Acupuncturist
-a physician
						possessing current certification, duly issued by the board, to practice
						acupuncture.
Primary Practice Site
-the location at
						which a physician, licensed acupuncturist or acupuncture detoxification
						specialist spends the majority of time in the exercise of the privileges
						conferred by licensure or certification issued by the board.
Proposed Supervising Acupuncturist's
						Assistant
- an acupuncturist's assistant who has submitted to the board
						an application for approval as a supervising acupuncturist's assistant.
Proposed Supervising Licensed
						Acupuncturist
-a licensed acupuncturist who has submitted to the board
						an application for approval as a supervising acupuncturist.
Proposed Supervising Physician
- a
						physician who has submitted to the board an application for approval as a
						supervising physician.
Referral Physician
-Repealed.
Supervising Acupuncturist's Assistant
-
						an acupuncturist's assistant registered with the board under this Chapter to
						provide supervision to an acupuncture detoxification specialist.
Supervising Licensed Acupuncturist
-a
						licensed acupuncturist registered with the board under this Chapter to provide
						supervision to an acupuncture detoxification specialist.
Supervising Physician
-a physician
						registered with the board under this Chapter to supervise an acupuncture
						detoxification specialist.
Supervision
-as to an acupuncturist's
						assistant, shall mean responsible oversight of the services rendered by an
						acupuncturist's assistant as specified in §5106. A of these rules.
Universal Precautions
- a set of
						precautions developed by the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC)
						that are designed to prevent transmission of human immunodeficiency virus
						(HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and other blood borne pathogens when providing
						first aid or health care. Under universal precautions blood and certain bodily
						fluids of all patients are considered potentially infectious for HIV, HBV and
						other blood borne pathogens.
B. Masculine terms wheresoever used in this Chapter shall
						also be deemed to include the feminine.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1360 and
						37:1270(B)(6).