To Who It May Concern,  Thank you for allowing comments on this issue.  I am a licensed acupuncturist in California state.  I studied this medicine in the standard 4 year master's level accredited program including 1000s of clinical hours..  I learned everything Eastern Medicine which is a complicated discipline.  I learned patient safety, acupuncture needles are not benign tools.  They can create healing and they can be dangerous when used frivolously.  I feel if a PT practitioner wants to practice needling, they have this opportunity by going to graduate school for Eastern medicine and take all the board tests required for this profession.  To not uphold the standards established, jeapordizes the integrity and safety we work so diligently to maintain.  We take 50 hours of CEUs to maintain our licenses, pay fees and insurances specifically to protect and support our patients. Google Dry needling and see what some PTs are doing.  It's dangerous and irresponsible and I hope you will protect the public and our profession from this half hazard behavior.

Thank you for your time.  

Best healing,

Sherra Cunningham, MATCM, L.Ac.