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Licensure
Regulation of the Practice of Acupuncture in the United States
Certification or licensure for acupuncturists
Within scope of practice for physicians
Within scope of practice for chiropractors
Within scope of practice for dentists
Within scope of practice for podiatrists
Within scope of practice for naturopaths
Alabama
No
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
Alaska
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Arizona ++
Yes
Yes
Yes* 50h
+
+
Yes
Arkansas
Yes
+
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
California
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
+
Colorado
Yes
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
Connecticut ++||
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delaware
No
Yes
+
+
+
+
District of Columbia
Yes
Yes* 250h
No
No
No
+
Florida
Yes
Yes
Yes* 100h
No
No
+
Georgia
No
Yes* 100h
No
No
No
+
Hawaii
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Idaho
+
+
+
+
+
+
Illinois
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
+
Indiana
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
+
Iowa
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
+
+
Kansas ++
No
Yes
Yes
+
+
+
Kentucky
No
Yes
No
+
+
+
Louisiana
Yes $
Yes* 6mo
No
+
No
+
Maine ++||
Yes
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
Yes*
Maryland
Yes
Yes* 200h
No
Yes
+
+
Massachusetts
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
+
Michigan ++||
No
Yes
No
+
No
+
Minnesota
Yes
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
Mississippi
No
Yes
No
Yes
+
+
Missouri
Yes$
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
Montana
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Nebraska
No
Yes
No
+
No
+
Nevada
Yes
Yes
No
+
Yes
+
New Hampshire
Yes
Yes
Yes
+
+
Yes*
New Jersey
Yes
Yes* 300h
No
Yes* 300h
No
+
New Mexico
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
+
New York
Yes
Yes* 300h
No
Yes* 300h
No
+
North Carolina
Yes
Yes*
Yes* 100h
No
No
+
North Dakota
No
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
Ohio
No
Yes*
No
No
No
+
Oklahoma
No
Yes
Yes*
+
+
+
Oregon
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Pennsylvania
Yes
Yes* 200h
No
No
No
+
Rhode Island
Yes
No
No
No
No
+
South Carolina
Yes$
Yes*
No
Yes*
Yes*
+
South Dakota
No
+
Yes* 400n
+
+
+
Tennessee ++||
No
Yes
No
+
+
+
Texas
Yes
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
Utah
Yes
Yes
Yes*
No
No
Yes
Vermont
Yes
No
No
+
+
Yes
Virginia
Yes
Yes* 200h
Yes* 200h
+
+
+
Washington
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
West Virginia ||
Yes
Yes
Yes* 100h
+
+
+
Wisconsin
Yes
Yes
No
+
+
+
Wyoming
No
+
+
+
+
+
* Additional training and sometimes an exam are required. + State regulatory agency has not provided a ruling. ++ Physician's assistant may practice under supervision. $ Acupuncture can only be practiced under supervision of physician or other certificatied health professional. || Nurse may practice under supervision.
Reprinted from ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE, July 1999, Vol.5, No. 4 Authors Robin Leake, MD, and Joan E. Broderick, PhD
