...But it is only a small subset of the acupuncture scope of practice. And it is, without doubt, an inconvenient to allow physical therapists to lift these practices and simply slap their own label upon them. What's more, is that when abstracted and cut off from the larger realm of acupuncture, and acquired in meager training, the public will not be served, or safe. Across the nation, PTs and MDs doing DN without sufficient training have been injuring patients. Strangely, when this happens, the press the refers to the procedures as acupuncture. Virginia already has clear laws on the books concerning the scope, and should take California's cue on dealings g with this issue.