Acupuncture has 5000 years of history in China and has proven results because of the quality education and systematic training. Usually it takes 5 years of university schooling and one year of internship in order to practice officially. Even in USA the schooling takes 3 year above to be able to qualify for licenses exam in order to practice Acupuncture. Short term and none-systematic training can not provide the necessary sill and knowledge to effectively and safely treat patients. So for the benefit of people's health and safety it is not ok for PT to do any needling and so forth because they are not trained for acupuncture field.