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Acupuncture coalition urges board to resist expanding "dry needling" scope without additional training
Summary
A representative of the California Acupuncture Coalition urged the Physical Therapy Board to avoid allowing dry needling into physical-therapy scope without acupuncture-level training, citing training hours and shared points between modalities.
A public commenter urged the Physical Therapy Board of California not to expand physical therapists’ scope to include dry needling without training equivalent to licensed acupuncture programs.
Ryan McCarthy, speaking on behalf of the California Acupuncture Coalition, told the board that becoming a licensed acupuncturist in California requires a three-year master's…
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