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Board hears calls for clearer scope language, consumer warnings on dry needling and updates to practice terms
Summary
Commenters asked the board to update wording in the acupuncture practice scope—replacing the generic phrase “exercise” with “therapeutic exercise”—and to make explicit that needling techniques (including dry needling and trigger‑point needling) are within the board’s acupuncture jurisdiction.
Members of the public and professional associations urged the California Acupuncture Board Licensing Committee to clarify practice language and push public outreach about unlicensed dry needling during a licensing committee meeting.
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Commenters asked the board to update wording in the acupuncture practice scope—replacing the generic phrase “exercise” with “therapeutic exercise”—and to make explicit that needling techniques (including dry needling and trigger‑point needling) are within the board’s acupuncture jurisdiction. They also urged the board to warn consumers that non‑acupuncturists who practice needling may be working outside their legal scope.
Why it matters
Speakers said inconsistent terminology and emerging labels ("dry needling," "trigger point needling," "acute…
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