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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2/22/17  9:32 pm
Commenter: Xuan ly

No illegal practice of dry needling for 7 reasons
 
1.any needle insertion through skin for therapeutic purpose is acupuncture. 2. Needle has already classifieds by fda for acupuncture use. Illegal use can be sued. 3.acupuncture has included dry needling since thousands years. BOOK Yellow empiror classic has description of dry needling effects. 4.acupuncturists had been using them every day. 5. American association of medicine declared dry needling belong to practice scope of acupuncture 6. The PT practice scope definition is non-INVASIVE. And now PT wants to do invasive. 7. For public safety, stop illegal practice of dn.
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