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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2/21/17  2:33 pm
Commenter: Binghui Guan

Against Dry Needling performed by PTs
 

Dry Needling is a form of acupuncture, period. It is out of Physical Therapy's scope of practice. The PTs are seeking to expand their scope of practice to do Dry Needling with minimum training for this invasive procedure. It should be stopped for the public's safety. Just like I would against PTs to perform simple surgery on anyone even thought they may have learned the basic medical knowledge a surgeon has learned. 

 

 

 

 

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