West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 32 - Acupuncture › Title 32 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF ACUPUNCTURE › Series 32-11 - Education Requirements › Section 32-11-6 - Course of Training Evaluation

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. Each training program in this State
				shall develop a mechanism to evaluate and award transfer credit to students for
				prior course work and experience which is equivalent to that course work and
				clinical instruction required in section
				32-11-5
				of this rule. The course of training's policies and procedures for evaluating
				and awarding transfer credit shall be set forth in writing and submitted to the
				Board. The policies and procedures shall include all of the
				following:
6.2. Credit shall only
				be awarded for actual course work or directly relevant experience received by
				the student. As used in this rule, 'experience' means academically relevant
				learning which involved the student directly in the area of the curriculum
				required in this section and includes integrated field and clinical
				internships, apprenticeships, tutorial programs and cooperative educational
				programs;
6.3. Where the course
				work and clinical instruction were completed at an acupuncture school not
				approved by the Board, the evaluation shall include an examination administered
				by the school in the subject area in which transfer credit may be
				awarded;
6.4. The outcome of the
				prior education and experience shall be equivalent to that of an average
				student who has completed the same subject in the training program and shall
				meet the curriculum standards and graduation requirements of the training
				program;
6.5. Transfer credit may
				be awarded for course work and clinical instruction completed successfully at
				another acupuncture school or college which is approved by the Board;
6.6. Up to 100% transfer credit may be
				awarded for courses completed successfully in biology, chemistry, physics,
				psychology, anatomy, physiology, pathology, nutrition and vitamins, history of
				medicine, medical terminology, clinical science, clinical medicine, Western
				pharmacology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, practice management, and ethics at
				a school which is approved under or by an accrediting agency recognized by the
				U.S. Department of Education;
6.7.
				Credit for clinical course work and instruction in traditional oriental
				medicine, acupuncture anatomy and physiology, acupuncture techniques,
				acupressure. breathing techniques, traditional oriental exercise. or
				traditional oriental herbology completed successfully at a school which 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 these subject areas are
				completed successfully at a school approved by the Board;
6.8. The entire record of the training
				program's 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 of
				the student; and
6.9. All students
				shall receive upon matriculation a copy of the training program's policies and
				procedures for evaluating and awarding transfer credit.