Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Physical Therapy
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy [18 VAC 112 ‑ 20]
Action Practice of dry needling
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 12/30/2015
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12/17/15  1:41 am
Commenter: Lin Yang

Oppose dry needling by PT. Dry needling is actually acupuncture, it is out of PT's practice scope.
 
PTs don't have sufficient knowledge to perform acupuncture. This could result in harming patients. If a PT wants to practice acupuncture, she or he should go through the same rigorous acupuncture training as acupuncturists, and pass the license exam ination. I encourage lawmakers to ban PTs from practicing acupuncture to protect the safety of the public
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