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 Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 2/24/2017
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2/12/17  11:03 pm
Commenter: Fiona Wong

No dry needling
 
Dry Needling is outside the physical therapy scope of practice. When the Virginia Legislature adopted the legal definition of physical therapy it had no intent to allow physical therapists to insert acupuncture needles and no authority for any similarly invasive procedures are allowed in statute.
CommentID: 56687