Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 17 - Licensure of Acupuncturists › Rule 653-17.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental
				Medicine"
or
"ACAOM"
means the United States-based
				accreditation commission that certifies acupuncture and oriental medicine
				training programs and colleges. The ACAOM oversees all professional oriental
				medicine and acupuncture degree programs in the United States. The ACAOM was
				formerly known as the National Accreditation Commission for Schools and
				Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
"Acupuncture "
means a form of health care
				developed from traditional and modern oriental medical concepts that employs
				oriental medical diagnosis and treatment, and adjunctive therapies and
				diagnostic techniques, for the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of
				health and the prevention of disease.
"Acupuncture needle"
means a solid-core
				instrument including but not limited to acupuncture needles, dermal needles,
				intradermal needles, press tacks, plum blossom needles, prismatic needles, and
				disposable lancets.
"Acupuncturepoint"
means a specific anatomical
				location on the human body that serves as the treatment site for the use of
				acupuncture.
"Applicant"
means a person not otherwise
				authorized to practice acupuncture under Iowa Code section
				148E.3 who
				applies to the board for a license.
"Ashi acupuncture point"
means an acupuncture
				point that is located according to tenderness upon palpation. An ashi
				acupuncture point is also known as a trigger point.
"Board"
means the board of medicine
				established in Iowa Code chapter 147.
"Committee"
means the licensure committee of
				the board with oversight responsibility for administration of the licensure of
				acupuncturists.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Disclosure sheet"
means the written
				information licensed acupuncturists must provide to patients on initial
				contact.
"Disposable needles"
means presterilized
				needles that are discarded after initial use pursuant to Iowa Code section
				148E.5.
"License"
means a license issued by the board
				pursuant to Iowa Code section
				148E.2.
"Licensee "
means a person holding a license
				to practice acupuncture issued by the board pursuant to Iowa Code chapter
				148E.
"National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and
				Oriental Medicine"
or
"NCCAOM"
means the United
				States-based commission that validates entry-level competency in the practice
				of acupuncture and oriental medicine through professional certification.
"Practice of acupuncture"
means the insertion
				of acupuncture needles and the application of moxibustion to specific areas of
				the human body based upon oriental medical diagnosis as a primary mode of
				therapy. Adjunctive therapies within the scope of acupuncture may include
				manual, mechanical, thermal, electrical, and electromagnetic treatment, and the
				recommendation of dietary guidelines and therapeutic exercise based on
				traditional oriental medicine concepts.
"Service charge "
means the amount charged by
				the board for making a service available online and is in addition to the
				actual fee for a service itself. For example, one who renews a license online
				will pay the license renewal fee and a service charge.