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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2/13/17  1:31 pm
Commenter: Heike Albers, M.Ac., L.Ac., Dip.Ac./ABT

Public mislead and confused
 

Acupuncture, as other healing professions, has established boundaries as outlined by the Board of Medicine. The public trusts these guidelines. When a profession, in this case that of Physical Therapy, is invading the Acupuncture profession by relabeling the needling technique, while not providing the background of education and saftey training as required by licensed Acupuncturists, the public is mislead and confused  What happens to responsibility and ethics?

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