Dry needling is acupuncture, plain and simple. This will both diminish the overall efficacy of acupuncture and take away business from those who spent thousands of hours studying the medicine and tens of thousands of dollars paying for it.  This will diminish efficacy overall becuase  people who lack proper training will be administering it  thereby reducing the overall therapeutic value. Proper training, learned in a full dedicated curriculum yields the best results with less a chance for injury for the patient.  If this is allowed where does it stop?  Should acupuncturist be able to bill out for therapeutic exercises as physical therapist do? We can certainly show people some qigong or meditative practice that can have a therpeutic value.