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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2/15/17  8:04 pm
Commenter: Fei Sun, Ph.D, OMD

For public safety, no PT should use needle
 

First of all Needling is exclusive therapeutic method and scope of practice of acupuncture. It is illegal, unmoral and shameful for PT to steal acupuncture treatment skills. 

Secondly, it takes 2 to 3 thousand hours for an acupuncturist to learn how to handling needles, while PT has no enough training accordingly. Therefore it may be harmful to the public safety.

 

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