Acupuncture along with dry needling is within the scope of an acupuncturist, this is where the specialization of an acupuncturist lies, this is where the acupuncturist obtains his/her license specifically for.

For the "best care" one can give a patient, will it not be better to let the acupuncturists handle this? Full time acupuncturists handle acupuncture needles on a daily basis, acupuncture needles happen to be their main modality of therapy. So acupuncturists are the "experts" here in this regards.

Is there really a shortage of acupuncturists that physical therapists now have the need to do dry needling? Would not a referral to a specialist be better for the patient? Do physical therapists not have enough treatment modalities that they also need to encroach on the specialty of acupuncturists?