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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2/13/17  3:28 pm
Commenter: Hui Wei, Wei's Chinese Medical Center

Dry Needling is acupuncture! It is out of scope for Physical Therapists!!!
 

Dry needling is an invasive and advanced procedure that necessitates specific training not only in biomedicine but acupuncture specific training, clinical hours and third party psychometric testing!!!

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